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Hi guys,


After the french songs and movies posted by Clint and Paula, we can talk about french books too!Smile


What are you reading? Which french authors do you like? What are you reading in french? livres, magazines, BD...


Let's discuss!


Cheers


Celeste

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Hi guys,


After the french songs and movies posted by Clint and Paula, we can talk about french books too!Smile


What are you reading? Which french authors do you like? What are you reading in french? livres, magazines, BD...


Let's discuss!


Cheers


Celeste


Celeste TFeb 14, 2011 @ 12:40
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The last Michel Houellebecque 's book is great (La Carte et le territoire) u cant miss it probably the most frenchy french author.


Les liaisons Dangeureuse of Laclos. Cool classic 4 players;)

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The last Michel Houellebecque 's book is great (La Carte et le territoire) u cant miss it probably the most frenchy french author.


Les liaisons Dangeureuse of Laclos. Cool classic 4 players;)


Damien Rave, Feb 14, 2011 @ 13:07
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Oki! Nice reference, did not know this one! Yep Les Liaisons dangereuses is famous.


What do u think of Amelie Nothomb's books? more from Belgium than France but...

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Oki! Nice reference, did not know this one! Yep Les Liaisons dangereuses is famous.


What do u think of Amelie Nothomb's books? more from Belgium than France but...


Celeste T, Feb 14, 2011 @ 13:26
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besides from classic French authors ...



I like Arno KLARSFELD, a lawyer commited against the war criminals, his parents Beate and Serge KLARSFELD are known for hunting down the Nazis and his mother for having slapped Kurt Georg Kiesinger ...
Arno Klarsfeld has written among other nobel :


- LES DIEUX NE SONGENT QU'A DORMIR "The Gods only thinks about sleeping "


@ Celeste I love your thread ^_^


J'adore !

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besides from classic French authors ...



I like Arno KLARSFELD, a lawyer commited against the war criminals, his parents Beate and Serge KLARSFELD are known for hunting down the Nazis and his mother for having slapped Kurt Georg Kiesinger ...
Arno Klarsfeld has written among other nobel :


- LES DIEUX NE SONGENT QU'A DORMIR "The Gods only thinks about sleeping "


@ Celeste I love your thread ^_^


J'adore !


Medicis, Feb 14, 2011 @ 20:48
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Now is just time for an extemp incipit potpourri.


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Buveurs très illustres, et vous vérolés très précieux --  Aujourd'hui, maman est morte --
Ca a débuté comme ça -- Longtemps, je me suis couché de bonne heure - La magnificence et la galanterie n'ont jamais paru en France avec tant d'éclat que dans les dernières années du règne de Henri second -- Le 15 septembre 1840, vers six heures du matin, La Ville-de-Montereau, près de partir, fumait à gros tourbillons devant le quai Saint-Bernard -- L'Année 1866 fut marquée par un événement bizarre, un phénomène inexpliqué et inexplicable que personne n'a sans doute oublié --  Je me souviens que Reda Caire est passé en attraction au cinéma de la porte de Saint-Cloud -- Doukipudonktan, se demanda Gabriel excédé -- Me voici donc seul sur la terre n'ayant plus de frère, de prochain, d'ami, de société que moi-même -- C'était à Mégara, faubourg de Carthage, dans les jardins d'Hamilcar.

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Now is just time for an extemp incipit potpourri.


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Buveurs très illustres, et vous vérolés très précieux --  Aujourd'hui, maman est morte --
Ca a débuté comme ça -- Longtemps, je me suis couché de bonne heure - La magnificence et la galanterie n'ont jamais paru en France avec tant d'éclat que dans les dernières années du règne de Henri second -- Le 15 septembre 1840, vers six heures du matin, La Ville-de-Montereau, près de partir, fumait à gros tourbillons devant le quai Saint-Bernard -- L'Année 1866 fut marquée par un événement bizarre, un phénomène inexpliqué et inexplicable que personne n'a sans doute oublié --  Je me souviens que Reda Caire est passé en attraction au cinéma de la porte de Saint-Cloud -- Doukipudonktan, se demanda Gabriel excédé -- Me voici donc seul sur la terre n'ayant plus de frère, de prochain, d'ami, de société que moi-même -- C'était à Mégara, faubourg de Carthage, dans les jardins d'Hamilcar.


Jerome D, Feb 14, 2011 @ 21:54
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And...


- LÊcume des jours by Boris VIAN


-Zadig by VOLTAIRE


-Apparition by Guy De MAUPASSANT


-Le Deuxième Sexe by Simone De BEAUVOIR


-Les Mots by Jean-Paul SARTRE


-Bonjour tristesse by Françoise SAGAN


-L'Amant by Marguerite DURAS


-Les hommes aussi s'en souviennent by Simone VEIL


-Le dernier jours d'un condamné by Victor HUGO ...

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And...


- LÊcume des jours by Boris VIAN


-Zadig by VOLTAIRE


-Apparition by Guy De MAUPASSANT


-Le Deuxième Sexe by Simone De BEAUVOIR


-Les Mots by Jean-Paul SARTRE


-Bonjour tristesse by Françoise SAGAN


-L'Amant by Marguerite DURAS


-Les hommes aussi s'en souviennent by Simone VEIL


-Le dernier jours d'un condamné by Victor HUGO ...


Medicis, Feb 15, 2011 @ 00:21
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And...

- LÊcume des jours by Boris VIAN

-Zadig by VOLTAIRE

-Apparition by Guy De MAUPASSANT

-Le Deuxième Sexe by Simone De BEAUVOIR

-Les Mots by Jean-Paul SARTRE

-Bonjour tristesse by Françoise SAGAN

-L'Amant by Marguerite DURAS

-Les hommes aussi s'en souviennent by Simone VEIL

-Le dernier jours d'un condamné by Victor HUGO ...


Feb 15, 11 00:21

Hehe! Merci Medicis, je vois que tu es une fan des romans francais ;) J'ai assez de mal a lire Zola a part un des de ces bouquins qui etaient pas mal, j'ai pas bien croche sur les autres.


Moliere etait assez drole a lire a l'ecole...


But i really like Edgar Poe, Marc Levy not bad, Ana Gavalda, La Bicyclette bleue de Regine Deforges is great!!!


What is your favorite passage of your favorite book?


 


 

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Hehe! Merci Medicis, je vois que tu es une fan des romans francais ;) J'ai assez de mal a lire Zola a part un des de ces bouquins qui etaient pas mal, j'ai pas bien croche sur les autres.


Moliere etait assez drole a lire a l'ecole...


But i really like Edgar Poe, Marc Levy not bad, Ana Gavalda, La Bicyclette bleue de Regine Deforges is great!!!


What is your favorite passage of your favorite book?


 


 


Celeste T, Feb 15, 2011 @ 09:28
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One of my favorite:
"How often, when we listen to a sublime piece of music, has our very body not been gripped by an intense, almost painful emotion that manifests itself physically, in shivers running up our spine, goose bumps or tears we are unable to hold back? Anyone who has not experienced such moments of grace has never listened to music"
"Combien de fois, à l'écoute d'une musique sublime, n'avons-nous pas éprouvé, dans notre corps même, une émotion intense, presque douloureuse, se manifestant physiquement, que ce soit par des frissons dans le dos, par la chair de poule ou par un épanchement irrépressible de larmes? Quiconque n'a pas vécu de tels instants de grâce ne ...connaît pas la musique!"

Laurent Aubert, Book Review, 2006
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One of my favorite:
"How often, when we listen to a sublime piece of music, has our very body not been gripped by an intense, almost painful emotion that manifests itself physically, in shivers running up our spine, goose bumps or tears we are unable to hold back? Anyone who has not experienced such moments of grace has never listened to music"
"Combien de fois, à l'écoute d'une musique sublime, n'avons-nous pas éprouvé, dans notre corps même, une émotion intense, presque douloureuse, se manifestant physiquement, que ce soit par des frissons dans le dos, par la chair de poule ou par un épanchement irrépressible de larmes? Quiconque n'a pas vécu de tels instants de grâce ne ...connaît pas la musique!"

Laurent Aubert, Book Review, 2006

Celeste T, Feb 15, 2011 @ 10:59
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Why poeple alway have old references for authors and masterpieces? Of course these books are great but some of them...boring... specially for wild people like us;SSSSS.

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Why poeple alway have old references for authors and masterpieces? Of course these books are great but some of them...boring... specially for wild people like us;SSSSS.


Damien Rave, Feb 15, 2011 @ 12:08
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Why poeple alway have old references for authors and masterpieces? Of course these books are great but some of them...boring... specially for wild people like us;SSSSS.


Feb 15, 11 12:08

so bring us some new references...

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so bring us some new references...


Celeste T, Feb 15, 2011 @ 13:52
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Why poeple alway have old references for authors and masterpieces? Of course these books are great but some of them...boring... specially for wild people like us;SSSSS.


Feb 15, 11 12:08

Because 90 % of contemporary authors are inspired by old authors ...

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Because 90 % of contemporary authors are inspired by old authors ...


Medicis, Feb 15, 2011 @ 21:46
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Hehe! Merci Medicis, je vois que tu es une fan des romans francais ;) J'ai assez de mal a lire Zola a part un des de ces bouquins qui etaient pas mal, j'ai pas bien croche sur les autres.

Moliere etait assez drole a lire a l'ecole...

But i really like Edgar Poe, Marc Levy not bad, Ana Gavalda, La Bicyclette bleue de Regine Deforges is great!!!

What is your favorite passage of your favorite book?

 

 


Feb 15, 11 09:28

Wink Celeste you are so right with Zola was a tormented soul...


I like the cynicism of Molière !


Very emotional sensitivity of Edgar Allan Poe, very good choice Celeste !


One of my favorite authors is Arthur Rimbaud, I cried the first time i read one of his poems " The Sleeper In The Valley "= " Le Dormeur Du Val "...

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Wink Celeste you are so right with Zola was a tormented soul...


I like the cynicism of Molière !


Very emotional sensitivity of Edgar Allan Poe, very good choice Celeste !


One of my favorite authors is Arthur Rimbaud, I cried the first time i read one of his poems " The Sleeper In The Valley "= " Le Dormeur Du Val "...


Medicis, Feb 15, 2011 @ 22:00
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@ Star MERCI, MA CHèRE Smile

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@ Star MERCI, MA CHèRE Smile


Medicis, Feb 15, 2011 @ 22:42
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"La vie devant soi"


 By Romain Gary ( also known as Amil Ajar)


" <histoire d'amour d'un petit garcon arabe pour une tres vielle femme juive,momo se debat contre les six etages quie Madame Rosa ne veut plus montre et contre la vie parce que "ce ne pardonne pas"  et parce qu'il nêst "pas necessaire d'avoir des raisons pour avoir peur"


le petit gracon l^'aidera a se cacher dans son "trou juif", elle n'ira pas mourir a l`hospital  et pourra ainsi benefeicier  du troit scare "des peuples a disaposer d'eux memes" qui n'est pas respecte par l'ordre des medecins.


Il lui tiendra compagnie jusque a ce qu'elle meure et meme au dela de la mort."


sorry but i copied this from the back of the book ...without all the little French


punctuation marks which i could not find because i am sitting in the dark


( my reading  lamp died suddenly tonight...) and i cant find it on the keyboard


Are there special keyboards that have those signs?


but here is the most amazing words i will have buried with me like the pharoas


 


This quote appears at the first page of the book :


 


Ils ont dit: "Tu es devenu fou a  cause de celui que tu aimes"


j'ai dit: "La saveur de la vie n`est que pour les fous"


                                  Y'afi i, Raoudh al rayahin




May i ask an exemple of the poem mentioned by Medici?


French poetry ? then also French songs, PLEASE


I can think of quite a few ....


As for books


 


yes Margrit Duras, Hiroshima my love


Victor Hugo Les miserables,


Anything and everything by Amil Ajar also known by the pen name of


Roman Gary is a must.


Lets not forget


"Le petit Prince". I buy and give it several times a year to deserving souls


and yes, it is not in French but i have the best of Madeline in the cellar


inspired by French culture this delightful children^s book captivated me


as a babysitter and later on my children knew the rhymes by heart


"In a little house in paris all covered with vines


lived twelve little girls


the smallest one was Madeline "


 


 



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"La vie devant soi"


 By Romain Gary ( also known as Amil Ajar)


" <histoire d'amour d'un petit garcon arabe pour une tres vielle femme juive,momo se debat contre les six etages quie Madame Rosa ne veut plus montre et contre la vie parce que "ce ne pardonne pas"  et parce qu'il nêst "pas necessaire d'avoir des raisons pour avoir peur"


le petit gracon l^'aidera a se cacher dans son "trou juif", elle n'ira pas mourir a l`hospital  et pourra ainsi benefeicier  du troit scare "des peuples a disaposer d'eux memes" qui n'est pas respecte par l'ordre des medecins.


Il lui tiendra compagnie jusque a ce qu'elle meure et meme au dela de la mort."


sorry but i copied this from the back of the book ...without all the little French


punctuation marks which i could not find because i am sitting in the dark


( my reading  lamp died suddenly tonight...) and i cant find it on the keyboard


Are there special keyboards that have those signs?


but here is the most amazing words i will have buried with me like the pharoas


 


This quote appears at the first page of the book :


 


Ils ont dit: "Tu es devenu fou a  cause de celui que tu aimes"


j'ai dit: "La saveur de la vie n`est que pour les fous"


                                  Y'afi i, Raoudh al rayahin




May i ask an exemple of the poem mentioned by Medici?


French poetry ? then also French songs, PLEASE


I can think of quite a few ....


As for books


 


yes Margrit Duras, Hiroshima my love


Victor Hugo Les miserables,


Anything and everything by Amil Ajar also known by the pen name of


Roman Gary is a must.


Lets not forget


"Le petit Prince". I buy and give it several times a year to deserving souls


and yes, it is not in French but i have the best of Madeline in the cellar


inspired by French culture this delightful children^s book captivated me


as a babysitter and later on my children knew the rhymes by heart


"In a little house in paris all covered with vines


lived twelve little girls


the smallest one was Madeline "


 


 




star, Feb 15, 2011 @ 22:40
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj2XOhC1YlM


Merci toi Mon ami Cool


et chanson aussi?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj2XOhC1YlM


Merci toi Mon ami Cool


et chanson aussi?


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj2XOhC1YlM

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj2XOhC1YlM


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VOILà ! 


Le Dormeur du Val


C'est un trou de verdure où chante une rivière
Accrochant follement aux herbes des haillons
D'argent ; où le soleil, de la montagne fière,
Luit: c'est un petit val qui mousse de rayons.

Un soldat jeune, bouche ouverte, tête nue,
Et la nuque baignant dans le frais cresson bleu,
Dort ; il est étendu dans l'herbe, sous la nue,
Pâle dans son lit vert ou la lumière pleut.

Les pieds dans les glaëuls, il dort. Souriant comme 
Sourirait un enfant malade, il fait un somme :
Nature, berce-le chaudement : il a froid.

Les parfums ne font pas frissonner sa narine ;
Il dort dans le soleil, la main sur sa poitrine
Tranquille. Il a deux trous rouge au côté droit


Octobre 1870.

Arthur RIMBAUD

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VOILà ! 


Le Dormeur du Val


C'est un trou de verdure où chante une rivière
Accrochant follement aux herbes des haillons
D'argent ; où le soleil, de la montagne fière,
Luit: c'est un petit val qui mousse de rayons.

Un soldat jeune, bouche ouverte, tête nue,
Et la nuque baignant dans le frais cresson bleu,
Dort ; il est étendu dans l'herbe, sous la nue,
Pâle dans son lit vert ou la lumière pleut.

Les pieds dans les glaëuls, il dort. Souriant comme 
Sourirait un enfant malade, il fait un somme :
Nature, berce-le chaudement : il a froid.

Les parfums ne font pas frissonner sa narine ;
Il dort dans le soleil, la main sur sa poitrine
Tranquille. Il a deux trous rouge au côté droit


Octobre 1870.

Arthur RIMBAUD


Medicis, Feb 15, 2011 @ 23:54
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Wink Celeste you are so right with Zola was a tormented soul...

I like the cynicism of Molière !

Very emotional sensitivity of Edgar Allan Poe, very good choice Celeste !

One of my favorite authors is Arthur Rimbaud, I cried the first time i read one of his poems " The Sleeper In The Valley "= " Le Dormeur Du Val "...


Feb 15, 11 22:00

Thanks Medicis Le dormeur du val us a very famous one, you awaked my souvenir at school when we were studing it! It is a nice and sad poem. Laughing

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Thanks Medicis Le dormeur du val us a very famous one, you awaked my souvenir at school when we were studing it! It is a nice and sad poem. Laughing


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Strange how Calvinism is BIG in the Netherlands))

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Strange how Calvinism is BIG in the Netherlands))


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Strange how Calvinism is BIG in the Netherlands))


Feb 18, 11 00:14

LOL !


 

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LOL !


 


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