{"product_id":"the-penguin-book-of-french-short-stories-1-von-various","title":"The Penguin Book of French Short Stories: 1","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSPECTATOR\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Beautiful and deep ...\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ea sumptuous treat for any book lover' \u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'There is so much to discover in these stories\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eboth history and food for short story lovers everywhere' \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA major new celebration of the French short story\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe short story has a rich tradition in French literature. This feast of an anthology celebrates its most famous practitioners, as well as newly translated writers ready for rediscovery. Here are decadent tales, 'bloody tales', fairy tales, detective stories and war stories. They are stories about the self and the other, husbands, wives and lovers, country and city, rich and poor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first volume spans four hundred years, taking the reader from the sixteenth century to the 'golden age' of the \u003ci\u003efin de siècle\u003c\/i\u003e. Its pages are populated by lovers, phantoms, cardinals, labourers, enchanted statues, gentleman burglars, retired bureaucrats, panthers and parrots, in a cacophony of styles and voices. From the affairs of Madame de Lafayette to the polemic realism of Victor Hugo, the supernatural mystery of Guy de Maupassant to the dark sensuality of Rachilde, this is the place to start for lovers of French literature, new and old.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdited and with an introduction by Patrick McGuinness, academic, writer and translator.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9780241461990\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFrom Marguerite de Navarre to Marcel Proust\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover - 9780241461990","offer_id":39926482501725,"sku":"9780241461990","price":39.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/1c8140d8-4dc9-4395-b139-2041af4b1009.jpg?v=1729397286","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/the-penguin-book-of-french-short-stories-1-von-various","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}