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A Very French Christmas

The Greatest French Holiday Stories of All Time
By Various
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A Very French Christmas is an elegant collection of the finest French Christmas stories, featuring classics by Guy de Maupassant and Alphonse Daudet alongside works by Irene Nemirovsky, Dominique Fabre, and Jean-Philippe Blondel. Set against sparkling Paris streets and filled with opulent feasts, wandering orphans, kindly monks, and seasonal delicacies like oysters and bonbons, it captures the true spirit of the holiday through richly woven tales of desire, homesickness, and celebration.
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Format: Hardback
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This collection will delight readers who appreciate literary Christmas stories with a European flavour, Francophiles, and those seeking evocative holiday tales marked by cultural richness and festive atmosphere.

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This is Christmas, la francaise-elegant, inviting, delicious, and challenging. Nobody does Christmas like the French.

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Bringing together the best French Christmas stories of all time in an elegant and vibrant collection featuring classics by Guy de Maupassant and Alphonse Daudet, plus stories by the esteemed twentieth-century author Irene Nemirovsky and contemporary writers Dominique Fabre and Jean-Philippe Blondel.

With a holiday spirit conveyed through sparkling Paris streets, opulent feasts, wandering orphans, kindly monks, homesick soldiers, oysters, crayfish, ham, bonbons, flickering desire, and more than a little wine, A Very French Christmas encapsulates the holiday spirit and proves that the French have mastered Christmas.

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"The English-speaking Francophiles and travelers among us who like nothing more than to suss out the soul of a foreign place can rejoice in this endearing collection of Christmas stories from ten of France’s most esteemed writers—past and present—skillfully translated." — Foreword Reviews

"A joy to hold and page through, as it is beautifully produced ... The Christmas themes are treated with a refreshing originality and variety, and I can imagine returning to reread this collection for many Christmases to come." — The Fictional 100

"Wonderful anthology ... It's funky, it's wild, it's French." — The Drunken Odyssey

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781939931504

Publisher: New Vessel Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 23 November 2017

Country: United States

Imprint: New Vessel Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 185.0mm

Height: 260.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 162

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