While the 70s and 80s were the period for singing Jean-Paul Sartre’s praises, another literary champion has gained acclaim in the years 2000. Born in 1913 in Algeria in to a modest family (his dad being a farm hand, and his mother an illiterate maid), his dad died before he was born and he faced [...]
This article is about the various French republics, because to learn French is also to discover, its culture (with a capital C) and getting to know the history of its institutions. The institutional history of France contains much disruption since the French Revolution of 1789 and the proclamation of the French Republic on 21 September [...]
In honour of the Book Fair that took place in Paris from March 16th to 19th, BIEN DIRE would like to share articles with you on today’s most read authors. Carole Martinez After LE COEUR COUSU, her first critically acclaimed novel that won her nine literary awards, the forty-two year old author went on [...]
La guerre de Troie n’aura pas lieu (The Trojan War Will Not Take Place) by Giraudoux (Ed. Grasset 1935) This is a play that is sometimes comedic and othertimes tragic. Its ancient Greek characters are preparing to live the first major armed conflict in the history of literature: the Trojan War. The events that are [...]
In honour of the Book Fair that took place in Paris from March 16 – 19th, BIEN DIRE would like to share articles with you on today’s most read French authors. David Foenkinos This author has gained popularity in France and abroad since the release of his first novel in 2002. Translated in a dozen [...]
Vendredi ou la vie sauvage (Editions Falmmarion 1971, then Folio Junior Gallimard) by Michel Tournier is a rewrite of his novel Vendredi ou les limbes du Pacifique (Gallimard 1967). These books are rewrites themselves of the famous Robinson Crusoé by Daniel Defoe (1719), among many other “robinsonnades” that spanned the XIX and XX centuries. The [...]
Camus wrote L’Etranger at the end of the 1930′s and it was published by Gallimard in 1942. The story takes place in Algeria and is about a man named Meursault who goes through life without really reflecting on its meaning. A specific moment in his life makes him finally find his place in the universe. [...]
As promised we continue our series of articles on colours of the French Rivieria. If you come learn French in Nice you will have the opportunity to “touch” these colours and to see them in different environments. In the meantime, Azur-culture brings you a little closer to the Riviera with this article. Today we take [...]
For lots of students who come to learn French with Azurlingua, cinema is often a main topic of discussion. Here is the new glamour couple of French cinema! Partners on screen as well as in real life, these two actors have a discreet relationship, far from the glitz of showbiz and are parents of a [...]
Many students come to learn French at Azurlingua. They have expressed their surprise when they see how the colours of the Riviera are vivid and different depending on the season or the time of day. In the coming weeks Azurlingua-culture will showcase the French Riviera through a prism of a chosen colour. Les éditions Gilletta [...]
Through their magnificent book about small fishing ports, Editions Gilletta takes us on a tour of Martigues in the South of France. Let’s start the tour! Located at the foot of the Estaque moutain range, between the Côte Bleue and the Étang de Berre, Martigues is a city of water and light, canals and bridges, [...]
Dora Bruder, by Patrick Modiano, Ed. Gallimard, 1997 (Folio, 1999, for references and page citations). This novel is both historical and autobiographical. It has been recommended by the National Official Instructors for high school classes. The narrator is a young Jewish teenager lost in Paris’ 18th arrondissement in December 1941 during the German occupation. She [...]
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