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2) The years
Author
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Available in English for the first time, the latest astonishing, bestselling, and award-winning book by Annie Ernaux. The Years is a personal narrative of the period 1941 to 2006 told through the lens of memory, impressions past and present -- even projections into the future -- photos, books, songs, radio, television and decades of advertising, headlines, contrasted with intimate conflicts and writing notes from six decades of diaries. Local dialect,...
Author
Publisher
Artes de México
Pub. Date
[2019.]
Language
Español
Description
"Estas Siete cartas más una están destinadas a mis dos hijas. La mayor, Iris, hoy tiene 55 años. La otra, Kiara, acaba de cumplir 16. Dos generaciones, dos madres, dos vidas distintas. Quiero hablarles un poco de mí, de una vida larga, rica, que me ha puesto en contacto con personajes extraordinarios y culturas diversas, apasionantes. Una vida de escritura, viajes, múltiples experiencias, pero también de retiro y reflexión. ¿Qué he logrado...
Author
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Meet the father of science fiction, Jule Verne. Born in France in 1828, Jules Verne always dreamed of adventure. At age 11, he snuck onboard a ship headed for the Indies only to be discovered by his father and have his dreams dashed. After his father made him swear to only travel "in his imagination," Verne kept his promise for the rest of his life. He began writing adventure stories as a young man and became a popular writer throughout France. Known...
6) Colette
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
After marrying 'Willy,' a successful Parisian writer, Colette is transplanted to the intellectual and artistic splendor of Paris. Willy convinces Colette to ghostwrite a semi-autobiographical novel about a witty and brazen country girl named Claudine, sparking a bestseller and a cultural sensation, inspiring additional Claudine novels. Colette's fight over creative ownership and gender roles drives her to overcome societal constraints, revolutionizing...
Publisher
Distrib Films
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Français
Description
A celebrated writer with a penchant for extreme experiences and solo treks, Pierre, is a survivor of his own life. He has always done everything on his terms. One drunken evening, he climbs the facade of a building and falls several stories. The accident leaves him in a deep coma. When he emerges from it, Pierre is barely able to stand. But against everyone's advice, he decides to hike alone across France, through some of its roughest and beautiful...
9) Change
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"An autobiographical novel from the international bestselling author Édouard Louis - about success, transformation, and the perils of leaving the past behind"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books, an imprint of the Quarto Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Little Antoine grew up in Lyon, France. Ever since his first flight as a young boy, he dreamed of becoming a pilot. When he joined the French army during WWI, he finally got his chance. He spent a short time in the Air Force before leaving to become a mail pilot, all the while writing about his adventures. However, in 1935, he crashed in the desert during a flight from Paris to Saigon. With little food and water to hand, he became very ill. Fortunately,...
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