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Twenty-two translated stories associated with the regions of France, including both well-known and little-known writers. Offering a panoramic view of French society and culture, the book will appeal to people who love travelling or are armchair travelers, as much as to those who love France and things French. - ;French Tales is a collection of twenty-two translated stories associated with the twenty-two regions of France. The book, which includes both well-known and little-known writers, for example Prosper M--eacute--;rim--eacute--;e in the nineteenth century and Anne-Marie Garat in the… (més)
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French Tales (Oxford, 2008) is a collection of twenty-two short-stories, each set in one of the twenty-two regions of France. The translations are new by Helen Constantine but the stories range across 19th and 20th century authors. Each story is meant to give a flavor of a French region, either in style, characters, history or setting, and expose English readers to French authors who are otherwise not in translation, or modern translations. In addition there are about a dozen beautiful full-page B&W photographs showing buildings or places from the story. I found five of the stories outstanding and will briefly describe them, hopefully without spoilers.
Didier Daeninckx's "The Phantom of Rainbow Street", set in Alsace, is about a journalist tracking down a newspaper story in a small town, but all his leads are dead ends. He stumbles on a different unrelated story he was not expecting, one with haunting ties to a WWII atrocity that occurred 40 years earlier, still alive in the shadows of the town. Paul Hervieu's "The Bull from Jouvet", set in the Rhone-Alps, is about a simple farmer high in the Alps who has an encounter with a dangerous bull. Anne-Marie Garat's "We Can't Go On Like This", set in the pine forests of Aquitaine, is a wonderful story about a lone man who witnesses a dramatic event. It reminded me of Deliverance, it is hauntingly good. Emile Zola's "The Flood" I have read and reviewed before, based on a 19th century translation, this new modern translation is better. Finally Prosper Mérimée's "Matei Falcone", set in the wilderness interior of the island of Corsica, is about a tough chieftain who lives by the codes of honor that require blood for blood. It's so brutal one almost finds it incredible, yet we hear about acts like this all the time in cultures of honer in Iraq and Afghanistan, it only seems more shocking re-set in Europe - a great story that is highly memorable.
Twenty-two translated stories associated with the regions of France, including both well-known and little-known writers. Offering a panoramic view of French society and culture, the book will appeal to people who love travelling or are armchair travelers, as much as to those who love France and things French. - ;French Tales is a collection of twenty-two translated stories associated with the twenty-two regions of France. The book, which includes both well-known and little-known writers, for example Prosper M--eacute--;rim--eacute--;e in the nineteenth century and Anne-Marie Garat in the
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Didier Daeninckx's "The Phantom of Rainbow Street", set in Alsace, is about a journalist tracking down a newspaper story in a small town, but all his leads are dead ends. He stumbles on a different unrelated story he was not expecting, one with haunting ties to a WWII atrocity that occurred 40 years earlier, still alive in the shadows of the town. Paul Hervieu's "The Bull from Jouvet", set in the Rhone-Alps, is about a simple farmer high in the Alps who has an encounter with a dangerous bull. Anne-Marie Garat's "We Can't Go On Like This", set in the pine forests of Aquitaine, is a wonderful story about a lone man who witnesses a dramatic event. It reminded me of Deliverance, it is hauntingly good. Emile Zola's "The Flood" I have read and reviewed before, based on a 19th century translation, this new modern translation is better. Finally Prosper Mérimée's "Matei Falcone", set in the wilderness interior of the island of Corsica, is about a tough chieftain who lives by the codes of honor that require blood for blood. It's so brutal one almost finds it incredible, yet we hear about acts like this all the time in cultures of honer in Iraq and Afghanistan, it only seems more shocking re-set in Europe - a great story that is highly memorable.
--Review by Stephen Balbach, via CoolReading (c) 2010 cc-by-nd (