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Post by flynnsky on May 23, 2012 16:58:14 GMT -5
I just finished Suite Francaise a story off people moving on the eve of the Nazi invasion from Paris to a provincial village.
The author Irene Nemirovsky was already a highly successful author living in Paris and in 1942 was arrested and deported to Auschwitz. I found it an exceptional novel. Cheers Dan
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Post by jo on Jun 17, 2012 18:41:26 GMT -5
Just finished "Paris, I love you, but you're bringing me down" by Rosecrans Baldwin ~ an American in Paris, kind of a Year in the Merde style. Not literary genius, but I devoured it in a day and it gave me terrible PPD.
I also ordered Unexplored Paris and will start it tomorrow ~ PPD won't get better (man, I have to figure out how to move to Paris, lol) but it may give me ideas for my week in January.
Paris, je t'aime,
Jo
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Post by holger on Jun 17, 2012 19:56:11 GMT -5
Am grading final papers from my Intercultural Course. I had them read Au Contraire! Figuring Out The French. by Asselin and Mastron. It is a really useful book about the French especially for those who have only had short trips. Students really enjoyed it.
No fun reading till later.
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Post by Happygoin on Jul 10, 2012 7:10:45 GMT -5
My goodness! Haven't any of you voracious readers read any good books lately?? No one has updated this thread since the middle of June! We must all be busy with our summers  Based on a passing remark by Sunshine, I'm reading A Goose in Toulouse, by Mort Rosenblum. What a terrific read for anyone who is interested in the food of France. Oh wait! That's most of us!  |
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Post by geordy on Jul 10, 2012 9:19:11 GMT -5
I just finished Love In Paris...an American woman with an Italian Husband and two kids..live in Paris for a year. Quick read and quite fun and interesting observations!
Got a bunch of French and or food related titles on hold at Libes!
Yes Chef, A Girl and her Pig, etc. Plus some Reacher.....
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Post by Happygoin on Jul 10, 2012 10:36:37 GMT -5
geordy, I read that just a month or so ago. Light, quick, fun read, I agree. So, do you have a mad crush on Reacher too???  |
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Post by geordy on Jul 10, 2012 10:51:02 GMT -5
Asolutely....but not as portrayed by Tom Cruise!
Reading one of the prequels now.."The Enemy" sad that I know Joe is dead and how he died...
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Post by Happygoin on Jul 10, 2012 11:16:14 GMT -5
Oh my no! Not Tom Cruise....  No way! I've never thought about it, but now that I do...he looks more like Harrison Ford (definitely no earring though). |
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Post by jo on Jul 10, 2012 19:27:29 GMT -5
Just finished re-reading A Moveable Feast and My Life in France ~ not helping the PPD  Jo |
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Post by keith7198 on Jul 11, 2012 8:59:26 GMT -5
Just finished re-reading A Moveable Feast and My Life in France ~ not helping the PPD Jo Ha ha Jo - That is my next to re-read! Right now I am on the last pages of Adam Gopnik's "Paris to the Moon". First time reading it. It's been a lot of fun! |
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Post by Happygoin on Jul 11, 2012 12:04:38 GMT -5
Keith, that's one book about Paris that I put down and never finished. He seemed to be full of himself, and dropped names too much, and then got all political and my eyes glazed over Btw, welcome to OPF! (We're an opinionated bunch, but relatively harmless  ) |
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Post by keith7198 on Jul 13, 2012 10:36:45 GMT -5
Happy, I can see that. There were instances of that but he also offset it with instances of his own inadequacies. He does dive into the politics of the area and, of course, it's from his own point of view. But he also reveals some pretty interesting bits of insight about the city especially in relation to his young son.
I've just started reading non-guide book books on Paris - we just made out first ever trip less than a month ago - and I figure there are some better selections waiting for me. That's one reason I love this thread.
Thanks for the wonderful welcome too. I think I'm gonna like it here...lol! ;D
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Post by mossie on Aug 26, 2012 8:47:52 GMT -5
Just finished a "couldn't put it down book", Night Fighter Navigator by Dennis Gosling. Yes, it is a flying book, but not a gungho account but the down to earth, good and bad times. He spent several months on the island of Malta during the height of the siege, when it suffered more bombs than London. That resonated with me as my favourite uncle was killed there at that time.
He writes with great feeling and is obviously a sensitive person, he became a shopkeeper after the war and continues his story right up almost to the present day. The book however is mainly concerned with his wartime experiences, I did not have a dry eye when I finished it.
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Post by Happygoin on Aug 27, 2012 9:20:50 GMT -5
Mossie, I think you and I are the only lovers of those crusty WWII fighting books. I just plowed through the entire The Second World War by Antony Beevor. Falls with a terrific thud, but I enjoyed the detail. The man certainly does his homework.
At the same time, I re-read Paris After the Liberation, also by Beevor but with his wife Artemis Cooper, niece of Duff Cooper. I do love that book! Doesn't do much for DeGaulle's personal reputation, but I suppose anyone reading much about him wouldn't hold him in awe for long anyway. Good stuff!
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Post by geordy on Aug 27, 2012 10:38:34 GMT -5
I just finished
Eating a Small Country One Meal At A Time by Amy.....the Season Three winner of the Next Food Network Star. I was still getting Food Network then and watched part of that season and wasn't a fan of hers. Liked her more in the book..esp hearing the behind the scenes bit....her husband did not want her on TV and they nearly divorced. The year in France..and thus book..was a "going back to the beginning" fix it attempt. It apparently worked..at least as far book release time!
Now reading "Wendy and the Lost Boys" a bio of playwright Wendy Wasserstein.
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Post by Belladonna on Aug 28, 2012 22:18:51 GMT -5
I'm reading "The House I Loved" by the author who wrote Sarah's Key Tatiana de Rosnay. It takes place during Haussmann's "renovation" of Paris and while I don't exactly love the book it is interesting. I hadn't thought too deeply before about the degree of upheaval and chaos that would have been taking place along with the displacement of people.
And I just finished Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn- haven't read a book that messed with my mind as much as that book did! Very suspenseful and unpredictable.
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Post by Jody on Aug 29, 2012 3:09:05 GMT -5
Thanks for the suggestions ordered both from library. I have just been rereading the P D James mysterys. She is amazing 92 years old and still writing. She was a guest lecturer on a recent Queen Mary crossing . Wish she had been on ours.
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Post by paris...ahh on Aug 29, 2012 9:21:31 GMT -5
I'm reading "The House I Loved" by the author who wrote Sarah's Key Tatiana de Rosnay. It takes place during Haussmann's "renovation" of Paris and while I don't exactly love the book it is interesting. I hadn't thought too deeply before about the degree of upheaval and chaos that would have been taking place along with the displacement of people. I just watched the Paris episode of Trashopolis and they covered this exact topic. The upheaval and people losing their homes and livelihood when Haussman "cleaned up" Paris. It really was a dangerously dirty place beforehand, though. And yes, this proves I'll watch just about anything with the word "Paris" in the title. ;D |
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Post by flynnsky on Oct 17, 2012 15:29:27 GMT -5
Iam currently reading David Mc Cullough`s The Greater Journey,,Americans in Paris..The author writes not all pioneers went west.
This is a story of adventurous American artists, writers,doctors,politicians and othes who setoff for Paris in the years 1830- 1900.Excellent reading so far.
Im getting fired up for the the release next year of David Rutherfurd`s Paris. He wrote London, New York, Sarum,Russka,The Forest and the Princes of Ireland. Cheers Dan
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Post by geordy on Oct 18, 2012 9:07:26 GMT -5
Iam currently reading David Mc Cullough`s The Greater Journey,,Americans in Paris..The author writes not all pioneers went west. This is a story of adventurous American artists, writers,doctors,politicians and othes who setoff for Paris in the years 1830- 1900.Excellent reading so far. Im getting fired up for the the release next year of David Rutherfurd`s Paris. He wrote London, New York, Sarum,Russka,The Forest and the Princes of Ireland. Cheers Dan Enjoyed that book as well..made me make a visit to the Met Museum to take another look at Madame x...now in a new frame in the refurbished American wing! Read "London" will also await "Paris". Currently reading Alan Furst.."Mission to Paris" latest in his Pre WW2/ WW2 books many of which are set at least partially in Paris. |
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