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Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"For half a century, the French writer Annie Ernaux has transgressed the boundaries of what stories are considered worth telling, what subjects worth exploring. In this probing meditation, Ernaux turns her attention to the phenomenon of the big-box superstore, a ubiquitous feature of modern life that has received scant attention in literature. Recording her visits to a store near Paris for over a year, she captures the world that exists within its...
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
Unevenly respected, easily hated, almost always suspected of being inferior to his reputation, Jean Cocteau has often been thought of as a jack-of-all-trades, master of none. In this landmark biography, Claude Arnaud thoroughly contests this characterization, as he celebrates Cocteau's "fragile genius--a combination almost unlivable in art" but in his case so fertile. Arnaud narrates the life of this legendary French novelist, poet, playwright, director,...
Author
Publisher
A.A. Knopf
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
Stacy Schiff has brought Saint-Exupery wonderfully to life in this definitive biography of the enchanting and complex man. Drawing on dramatic new material, she provides full accounts of his many harrowing plunges to earth, the most serious of which led to the publication of Wind, Sand and Stars, and of his unhappy yet fertile years in New York, where he wrote both Flight to Arras and The Little Prince. She includes entirely fresh information on his...
Author
Publisher
Frances Foster Books, Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Description
A tribute to the life of the creator of "The Little Prince" traces his early achievements as a pilot, his efforts to break aviation records, and the experiences that inspired his writing life.
Author
Series
Works volume 5
Publisher
Published by University Press of New England [for] Dartmouth College
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
60) Voltaire
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
1986.
Language
English
Description
A study of both the personality and contributions of the French philosopher, historian, scientist, and writer.