Monsieur Papa

by Cauvin

Franck Lanier avait tout arrangé pour les vacances. Il casait son fils chez son ex-femme et il filait à Bangkok. Mais son petit garçon, Laurent, n’est pas du tout  d’accord. Il veut, lui aussi, partir pour Bangkok. Tous les moyens lui seront bons pour parvenir à ses fins, des plus drôles aux plus désespérés, et des aventures peu banales se succèdent dans une vie quotidienne pleine de tendresse entre le père et le fils. Par l’auteur de L’Amour aveugle , ce roman alerte, plein d’humour, est un des grands succès de ces dernières années.  

Genres: France, French Literature, Roman

160 pages, Pocket Book

First published January 1, 1976

Reviews

[Agoaye Martin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Petit roman sans prétention et dont la lecture est agréable.
J'ai aimé la fin, c'est suffisamment rare pour être mentionné !

[Philip · Rating 3 out of 5]

Goed voor de taal, verhaal zelf tikje ouderwets.

[Sarah Mcgrath · Rating 5 out of 5]

A touching and funny story told from the perspective of a 10 year old who lives with his father after his mother left with another man.

[Marie-Chritine · Rating 2 out of 5]

Quelques instants de détente

[Donato · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read this for French class, blindly trusting the teacher who thought it would be easy because it doesn't use the passé simple tense. Au contraire! It was actually harder because it was narrated by a 10 year old boy who used very colloquial and familiar French. I was looking up at least 2-3 words per page, which is way too much. I'm currently reading Arsène Lupin, which I find much much much easier, to the surprise of the teacher. But I know why it's easier: the structure is more "literary", and being used to reading Italian, it just flows. I'm used to the "literary past" (or "remote past" as it's called in Italian), so that's no hindrance. I look up maybe 1 word every 3 pages, and usually just for curiosity sake, not because I need it for understanding. With M. Papa I was looking up too many words just to be able to understand what was going on.

Anyway, enough about my fun with French. As for the book itself, it was funny in parts, touching in parts, but in the end, pretty superficial. And I guess it's just not my thing.

[✘✘ Sarah ✘✘ (former Nefarious Breeder of Murderous Crustaceans) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Une lecture agréable et divertissante.

[Pimmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

C' est bien!

[Hakkı Sayın · Rating 5 out of 5]

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