French Literature

[close] Bonjour! This is for everyone learning French, whether on your own or at school. We can share tips, and of course French books. Bonjour! Cette groupe est pour les personnes qui apprennent le français, si vous l'apprenez tout seul ou à l'école. On peut dire les trucs et les astuces pour apprendre le francais, et bien sûr les livres en français.

[close] Vendôme Circle's mission is to celebrate France's unique contribution to literary and artistic creation. This book club is a place where members can explore and (re)discover classic French literature ranging from Rabelais and Madame de Lafayette to Françoise Sagan and Patrick Modiano, not to mention such authors as Hugo, Dumas, Zola or Colette. We may also indulge in an occasional book by a non-French author who lived and wrote in France. Tender is the Night anyone?

[close] This group explores European literature in translation (i.e. it generally excludes works originally written in English, but we are bound to wander at times). The group will use CounterPunch's list of "The best 100 novels in translation since 1900" as a foundation for traversing the realm of European literature. Every two months we will read a novel originating from the list. In the months in between we will read vintage works. At times we will also read works originating from other parts of the world to gain perspective. We will occasionally include poems, biographies and other nonfiction works to enhance our reading experience. In case you are interested a sister group focuses specifically on Scandinavian and Nordic literature: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/205249-scandinavian-nordic-literature If you have a passion for Russian literature you may want to join https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/216183-dostoyevsky-s-lair-russian-literature Tuscany, Italy Paris, France Currently Reading:

[close] I started this group on idea that I had as a reader. I was constantly finding books in foreign languages that I am/was unable to read. I thought wouldn't it be great if I could ban together translators, authors and publishers together to possibly make English versions available to non-multilingual people? and also, books from other countries like the UK and Australia not available to those in the USA? I'm looking for translators who are dual-lingual, in their native tongue and in English. French, Italian, German, Dutch, Spanish, all apply here. My idea is to take the original book, translate it, publish it to Smashwords or somewhere similar, see how it gains an audience to an American publisher may pick it up and publish it, possibly give it a better translation. I'm not sure how all this work, legally, but it's worth taking a shot at! If this takes off, I'd like to start a website, to collaborate with reviewers, other bloggers, authors, publishers and freelance translators. We would work on translations, take requests, communicate with authors and publishers and review said books. if we cannot translate, I'd like to at least spread the knowledge of the books in hopes that they'd picked up by a USA publisher.