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Short Stories in French: New Penguin Parallel Text Paperback – January 1, 2001

by Richard Coward (Editor)
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 230 ratings
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Written by authors from Quebec as well as France, the majority of these stories have been published in the last decade and reflect a rich diversity of styles and themes. From Daniel Boulanger's exploration of revenge and the desire for recognition in "The Hunter's Cafe," to Alain Gerber's brief and poetic "You Never Die," these stories make excellent reading in any language.
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    214 pages
  2. Language
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    January 1, 2001
  5. Grade level
    12 and up
  6. Reading age
    18 years and up
  7. Dimensions
    7.82 x 5.14 x 0.65 inches
  8. ISBN-10
    0140265430
  9. ISBN-13
    978-0140265439
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Richard Coward taught at Bishop's Startford College and Sherborne School in England. He is now a Housemaster at Eton College, England.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Books; Bilingual edition (January 1, 2001)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 214 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0140265430
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0140265439
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 18 years and up
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 12 and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.82 x 5.14 x 0.65 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 230 ratings

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C. Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars Great study aid at a great price
Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2024
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Very well priced for a wide variety of French short stories with very well-done translations as well as some end notes providing historical and cultural context. The addition of authors from the broader Francophonie is welcome, particularly the French Canadian authors whose language use and vocabulary is quite noticeably different from the rest of the French-speaking world, and which is useful for U.S. students with a higher likelihood of dealing with Quebecois than other students of French.
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dennis wentraub
5.0 out of 5 stars Challenging Prose - Nicely Edited - Worth the Effort
Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2008
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This collection of twelve stories by contemporary French and Quebec authors is challenging for the beginning and maybe even intermediate level student of French. However, Penguin has done an excellent job of matching the English translation on the facing pages, so it is easy to follow the stories in the two languages line by line. Coward's short introduction to the stories is smart and places the themes and techniques of the writers in context. Most of these characters are introspective to a fault(!), isolated, obsessive, delusional, desperate but also desperately hopeful. There is little in the way of humor in these pages - mostly irony and it is decidely dark. But you will be moved in different ways by 'Heloise', 'The Hunters' Cafe', the 'Accursed Notebooks', and you will be made to feel the bitter almost hallucinatory cold of a Montreal winter night in "The Objet d'Art'. You will be surprised by where these writers take you in their stories. In the end this collection is sufficiently intereresting to motivate even a relatively inexperienced student of French to push through some fairly dense prose.
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JMick
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for Learning
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2023
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Great stories, more modern with good translation. It holds your interest, which many such books do not.
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4.0 out of 5 stars happy with book
Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2011
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came fast and in condition specified. can't wait to get through it so i may purchase whatever is next in the series.
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Tenia
5.0 out of 5 stars RECOMMENDED
Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2017
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Great stories!!! I LOVE how on each page, one side is in french and the other is in english. It saves so much google searching and makes the reading more enjoyable. Very good book for those who want to broaden their french comprehension beyond the classroom, such as myself.
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Robert V. Rose, retired education researcher
5.0 out of 5 stars A great book to brush up one's French.
Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2014
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I am going on a tour which includes Strasbourg next spring, and want to polish up my rusty French. So I found and bought this excellent intermediate reader on-line, and am very glad to have it.

There are many excellent stories with translations in English on the opposite page. Just what I needed!
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Othercarib
3.0 out of 5 stars What the French call "triste" we call depressing
Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2016
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I laughed out loud at the "depressing and difficult" review which I at first thought to be an exaggeration. I was going to point out that French novels like French cinema often avoid the happing ending so common in American books or movies, that French literature since the 1950's has been infected with a bleak existentialism as evidenced in novels like Sagan's "Bonjour Tristesse" and "L'Etranger" by Camus.
But these short stories I think go beyond that... even for the French...more so than the previous two "parallel text" compilations edited by Lyon and Lee in 1966 and 1972 respectively. Although I did like "The Objet d'Art" possibly because it took place in an area of my hometown of Montreal which I know well and could relate to the vivid description of a city in the grip of a winter storm as backdrop to the woman's state of mind. But although the main character was a little disjointed possibly even on the verge of a breakdown, as a short story it was way less depressing than the rest. For example "David" a story about a young boy who becomes homeless as a desperate measure to find his brother who also ran away. Try another compilation of short stories first
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Spp
5.0 out of 5 stars The appropriate book
Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2009
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I have had very little time this days to read french stories, you know, with the Christmas presents,...
But I have already read some stories and I am already improving my french vocabulary by reading it. This was the exact book I was looking for, if I have any vocabulary doubt I just have a look and the english translation, and that's it!.

Thank you very much.

Sonia
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Martha MacLachlan
5.0 out of 5 stars Treasure trove of contemporary French literature for those striving to be bilingual
Reviewed in Canada on May 19, 2021
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I have a French book club, with members all learning French as a second language. This book is a treasure trove of contemporary stories that engage us in our quest to be bilingual. We read the stories in French and when comprehension escapes us we just look at the right side of story for the translation in English. C’est facile.
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luke fahy
5.0 out of 5 stars Helpful book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 19, 2022
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The book has helped me in that it expanded my French vocabulary. I do think it important though that one uses a copy to note any new vocabulary.
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Amrutha
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book
Reviewed in India on July 10, 2020
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The only French book in Amazon India at a reasonable price. English text at the left side is really good
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5.0 out of 5 stars comment apprendre l'anglais soutenu
Reviewed in France on September 30, 2016
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super livre avec une page en francais une page en anglais qui permet de perfectionner son anglais d'apprendre plein de nouveaux mots et expressions.
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Jaimie K.
2.0 out of 5 stars Not for beginers
Reviewed in France on February 21, 2021
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This is not for beginners it's very advanced French
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