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The Penguin Book of French Short Stories: 1

From Marguerite de Navarre to Marcel Proust
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A major celebration of the French short story, spanning three centuries. The short story has a rich tradition in French literature. This feast of an anthology celebrates its most famous practitioners, as well as newly translated writers ready for rediscovery. The first volume spans 400 years,... Read More
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A major celebration of the French short story, spanning three centuries.

The short story has a rich tradition in French literature. This feast of an anthology celebrates its most famous practitioners, as well as newly translated writers ready for rediscovery. The first volume spans 400 years, taking the reader from the sixteenth century to the 'golden age' of the fin de siècle. Its pages are populated by lovers, phantoms, cardinals, labourers, enchanted statues, gentleman burglars, retired bureaucrats, panthers and parrots, in a cacophony of styles and voices.

From the affairs of Madame de Lafayette to the polemic realism of Victor Hugo, the supernatural mystery of Guy de Maupassant to the dark sensuality of Rachilde, this is the place to start for lovers of French literature, new and old.

The Penguin Book of French Short Stories: 1 invites readers to explore a rich tapestry of narrative art, bringing together the celebrated and the unsung for a captivating journey through time.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241462003

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 January 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

  • Translated by Christine Donougher
  • Translated by Dr Will McMorran
  • Translated by David Bellos
  • Edited by Patrick McGuinness
  • Translated by Siân Reynolds
  • Translated by Christine Donougher
  • Translated by Ros Schwartz
  • Translated by Dr Will McMorran

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 352g

Pages: 512

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Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Classics Various

About the Author

Patrick McGuinness is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of St Anne's College. Born in Tunisia and raised in Belgium, he is a poet, novelist and translator. His novel The Last Hundred Days was longlisted for the 2011 Man Booker Prize and shortlisted for the 2011 Costa First Novel Award, and his second novel, Throw me to the Wolves, won the 2020 Encore Award. His other books include three collections of poems, The Canals of Mars (2004), Jilted City (2010), Blood Feather (2023) and a memoir, Other People's Countries (2015), which won the Duff Cooper Prize. He was made a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres in 2011, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

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