Started strong, but went out with a whimper. Elegiac, romantic (decidedly not in the Harlequin […]
Category: Francophilia
Art is a Tyrant – Catherine Hewitt
Art is a Tyrant: The Unconventional Life of Rosa Bonheur by Catherine Hewitt My rating: […]
Essays Two – Lydia Davis
Essays Two: On Proust, Translation, Foreign Languages, and the City of Arles by Lydia Davis […]
Plunder: Napoleon’s Theft of Veronese’s Feast – Cynthia Saltzman
Plunder: Napoleon’s Theft of Veronese’s Feast by Cynthia Saltzman My rating: 4 of 5 stars […]
The Man in the Red Coat – Julian Barnes
The Man in the Red Coat by Julian Barnes My rating: 4 of 5 stars […]
The Great Swindle – Pierre Lemaitre
The Great Swindle by Pierre Lemaitre My rating: 5 of 5 stars I came to […]
This Poison Will Remain – Fred Vargas
This Poison Will Remain by Fred Vargas My rating: 4 of 5 stars A new […]
6:41 to Paris – Jean-Philippe Blondel
The 6:41 to Paris by Jean-Philippe Blondel My rating: 4 of 5 stars Another delightful […]
Exposed – Jean-Philippe Blondel
Exposed by Jean-Philippe Blondel My rating: 5 of 5 stars I read this in one […]
A day late…
But this is one of my favorite tributes to Quatorze Juillet… yes, the one from […]