Great French Short Stories of the Twentieth Century

    Great French Short Stories of the Twentieth Century

    A Dual-Language Book

    Translated by Jennifer Wagner

    $19.95

    Publication Date: 20th December 2011

    This original dual-language short story collection features fifteen newly translated works by important 20th-century authors. Previously unavailable in English versions, these stories cover a diverse range of styles and themes and offer fascinating insights into life and literature in France and French-speaking countries.
    Contents include "L'ami et la femme" by Irène Némirovsky, "Pleure, Pleure!" by Andrée Maillet, and tales by Simone Schwarz-Bart, Sailesh Ramchurn, Fred Kassak, Yann Means, Marc Villard, and others. The text is completely self-contained — no further apparatus or reference... Read More
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    This original dual-language short story collection features fifteen newly translated works by important 20th-century authors. Previously unavailable in English versions, these stories cover a diverse range of styles and themes and offer fascinating insights into life and literature in France and French-speaking countries.
    Contents include "L'ami et la femme" by Irène Némirovsky, "Pleure, Pleure!" by Andrée Maillet, and tales by Simone Schwarz-Bart, Sailesh Ramchurn, Fred Kassak, Yann Means, Marc Villard, and others. The text is completely self-contained — no further apparatus or reference... Read More
    Description
    This original dual-language short story collection features fifteen newly translated works by important 20th-century authors. Previously unavailable in English versions, these stories cover a diverse range of styles and themes and offer fascinating insights into life and literature in France and French-speaking countries.
    Contents include "L'ami et la femme" by Irène Némirovsky, "Pleure, Pleure!" by Andrée Maillet, and tales by Simone Schwarz-Bart, Sailesh Ramchurn, Fred Kassak, Yann Means, Marc Villard, and others. The text is completely self-contained — no further apparatus or reference is necessary. Appropriate for high school and college courses, this dual-language edition is also ideal for independent study.
    Dover Original.
    Details
    • Price: $19.95
    • Pages: 320
    • Publisher: Dover Publications
    • Imprint: Dover Publications
    • Series: Dover Dual Language French
    • Publication Date: 20th December 2011
    • Trim Size: 5.5 x 8.5 in
    • ISBN: 9780486476230
    • Format: Paperback
    • BISACs:
      FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / French
      LITERARY COLLECTIONS / European / French
      LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Readers
    Author Bio

    Jennifer Wagner is the creator and webmaster of ielanguages.com, an interactive French-language website. She holds a BS from the University of Michigan, a Master's from Oakland University, and is currently pursuing a PhD in linguistics. She is also the author of a French-language tutorial ebook and of Dover's forthcoming Say It in French, New Edition.
    Table of Contents
    CONTENTSIntroduction vAcknowledgments viiOctave Mirbeau 1Paysage de foule / Crowd Scene 2/3Valery Larbaud 13Portrait d’Eliane à quatorze ans / Eliane at Age Fourteen 14/15Fred Kassak 39Iceberg / Iceberg 40/41Andrée Maillet 57Pleure, Pleure!/ Cry, Cry! 58/59Pierrette Fleutiaux 81Le livre et la dent/ The Book and the Tooth 82/83Simone Schwarz-Bart 103Du fond des casseroles / From the Bottom of the Pans 104/105Éric Faye 113Des nouvelles de l’entrée de l’enfer / News from theEntrance to Hell 114/115Dominique Mainard 129Le bal de la forêt / The Forest Ball 130/131Nadine Ribault 153Demain, oui! / Tomorrow, Yes! 154/155Thomas Gunzig 173Les Cornichons / Pickles 174/175Yann Mens 183Grumes / Logs 184/185Sailesh Ramchurn 201En traversant Petite Escale / Crossing Petite Escale 202/203Marc Villard 227Sur la route / On the Road 228/229Irène Némirovsky 243L’Ami et la femme / The Friend and the Wife 244/245Khadi Hane 269Un Samedi sur la terre / A Saturday on Earth 270/271
    This original dual-language short story collection features fifteen newly translated works by important 20th-century authors. Previously unavailable in English versions, these stories cover a diverse range of styles and themes and offer fascinating insights into life and literature in France and French-speaking countries.
    Contents include "L'ami et la femme" by Irène Némirovsky, "Pleure, Pleure!" by Andrée Maillet, and tales by Simone Schwarz-Bart, Sailesh Ramchurn, Fred Kassak, Yann Means, Marc Villard, and others. The text is completely self-contained — no further apparatus or reference is necessary. Appropriate for high school and college courses, this dual-language edition is also ideal for independent study.
    Dover Original.
    • Price: $19.95
    • Pages: 320
    • Publisher: Dover Publications
    • Imprint: Dover Publications
    • Series: Dover Dual Language French
    • Publication Date: 20th December 2011
    • Trim Size: 5.5 x 8.5 in
    • ISBN: 9780486476230
    • Format: Paperback
    • BISACs:
      FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / French
      LITERARY COLLECTIONS / European / French
      LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Readers

    Jennifer Wagner is the creator and webmaster of ielanguages.com, an interactive French-language website. She holds a BS from the University of Michigan, a Master's from Oakland University, and is currently pursuing a PhD in linguistics. She is also the author of a French-language tutorial ebook and of Dover's forthcoming Say It in French, New Edition.
    CONTENTSIntroduction vAcknowledgments viiOctave Mirbeau 1Paysage de foule / Crowd Scene 2/3Valery Larbaud 13Portrait d’Eliane à quatorze ans / Eliane at Age Fourteen 14/15Fred Kassak 39Iceberg / Iceberg 40/41Andrée Maillet 57Pleure, Pleure!/ Cry, Cry! 58/59Pierrette Fleutiaux 81Le livre et la dent/ The Book and the Tooth 82/83Simone Schwarz-Bart 103Du fond des casseroles / From the Bottom of the Pans 104/105Éric Faye 113Des nouvelles de l’entrée de l’enfer / News from theEntrance to Hell 114/115Dominique Mainard 129Le bal de la forêt / The Forest Ball 130/131Nadine Ribault 153Demain, oui! / Tomorrow, Yes! 154/155Thomas Gunzig 173Les Cornichons / Pickles 174/175Yann Mens 183Grumes / Logs 184/185Sailesh Ramchurn 201En traversant Petite Escale / Crossing Petite Escale 202/203Marc Villard 227Sur la route / On the Road 228/229Irène Némirovsky 243L’Ami et la femme / The Friend and the Wife 244/245Khadi Hane 269Un Samedi sur la terre / A Saturday on Earth 270/271