i need to find a good not to long but not to short book by a french author for my french class, anybody now some good ones?
2006-12-07 13:43:23 · 12 answers · asked by Lena B 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
The Lover by Marguerite Duras
Hiroshima Mon Amour by her is actually a screenplay, so very short
On Love by Alain de Botton - short, funny, easy to read, but also thought-provoking
The Elementary Particles, Platform or The Idea of an Island - all by Michel Houellebecq
Mammals by Pierre Merot
Anything by Guy de Maupassant
2006-12-07 13:44:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you could do no better than The Stranger by Albert Camus!
It's a relatively short novel, originally written in French (L’Ãtranger). Granted, Camus wrote it using a supposed "American" style (short, precise sentences and simpler words for the first half of the book, and more advanced in the second), but it's still a French novel.
I once knew a girl online who, when I happened to mention the book, said it seemed like a French book on her parents' bookshelf--and even though she was relatively a BEGINNER French student, she was able to pick it up and understand the most of it with a little translation help!
2006-12-07 14:59:46 · answer #2 · answered by Multi 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some books I recall reading for high school French include Albert Camus' "La Peste"; Jean-Paul Sartre's "Les Jeux Sont Fait"; Antoine Saint-Exupéry's "Le Petit Prince"; and Eugene Ionesco's "Rhinocéros" --- all good, look on Amazon for a synopsis of each. Bonne chance!
2006-12-07 13:51:30 · answer #3 · answered by kt42 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you have to read it in French?
La Symphonie Pastorale by Andre Gide was very good and isn't too long.
I also like the Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, it is ostensibly a children's book but it's message is actually aimed at adults.
2006-12-09 01:22:32 · answer #4 · answered by CMM 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have to read in French, you might try something relatively simple and easy, like The Stranger by Albert Camus, or something by George Sand.
2006-12-07 13:45:30 · answer #5 · answered by angel_deverell 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jean de Florette - Marcel Pagnol
Le grand Meaulnes - Alain Fournier
2006-12-09 08:04:24 · answer #6 · answered by Victoria C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think All Quiet On The Western Front was written by a Frenchman. Erich Maria Remarque. You could search for the book in French.
2006-12-07 13:46:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
I know tons. What genre do you like?
I would recommend to you, my favorite playwrite, Eugene Ionesco, who is Romanian but wrote in French.
He wrote "Les Chaises" (The Chairs)
and "Rhinoceros"
"L'avenir est dans les oeufs" (the future is in eggs)
and tons more.
You can probably find these plays in Borders Books, look in the theatre section or perhaps literature.
I LOVE these plays, I hope you enjoy them!
2006-12-07 13:47:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Les jeux sont faits. by Jean-Paul Sartre
My friend is reading it in his AP french class
2006-12-07 13:48:06 · answer #9 · answered by nikuman565 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes! Madame Bovary by Flaubert. Not sure if someone already suggested it, but it is great.
2006-12-07 13:46:10 · answer #10 · answered by danika1066 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋