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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453571203321

Titolo

French tales [[electronic resource] /] / stories translated by Helen Constantine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

1-281-82548-4

9786611825485

0-19-155097-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (361 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ConstantineHelen

Disciplina

843.01083580944

Soggetti

Short stories, French

Electronic books.

France Social life and customs Fiction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [348]-349).

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; Bretagne: You Should Have Changed at Dol; Basse-Normandie: Made for Two; Haute-Normandie: A Norman; Nord-Pas-de-Calais: The Voiceless; Picardie: The Garden of Illusions; Île-de-France: Rue de l'Évangile; Champagne Ardenne: Light Souls; Lorraine: House in the Woods; Alsace: The Phantom of Rainbow Street; Pays-de-la-Loire: The Saviours of the White Wine; Centre: The Cattle Man; Bourgogne: Where Are the children?; Franche-Comté : The Vanishing; Poitou-Charentes: Julie; Limousin: Four Walls; Auvergne: A Mother's Tale; Rhône-Alpes: The Bull from Jouvet

Aquitaine: We Can't Go On Like This Midi-Pyrénées: The Flood; Languedoc-Roussillon: The Beaucaire Coach; Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur: The Pope's Mule; Corse: Mateo Falcone; Notes on the Stories; Selected Further Reading; Publisher's Acknowledgements; Map

Sommario/riassunto

Twenty-two translated stories associated with the regions of France, including both well-known and little-known writers. Offering a panoramic view of French society and culture, the book will appeal to people who love travelling or are armchair travelers, as much as to those who love France and things French. - ;French Tales is a collection of twenty-two translated stories associated with the twenty-two



regions of France. The book, which includes both well-known and little-known writers, for example Prosper M--eacute--;rim--eacute--;e in the nineteenth century and Anne-Marie Garat in the