A Very French Christmas

The Greatest French Holiday Stories of All Time

Various, Alphonse Daudet, Anatole France , Irene Nemirovsky

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English

New Vessel Press
02 January 2018

Fiction in translation

A continuation of the very popular Very Christmas Series, this collection brings together the best French Christmas stories of all time in an elegant and vibrant volume featuring classics by Guy de Maupassant and Alphonse Daudet, plus stories by the esteemed twentieth century author Irne Nmirovsky and contemporary writers Dominique Fabre and Jean-Philippe Blondel. With a holiday spirit conveyed through sparkling Paris streets, opulent feasts, wandering orphans, kindly monks, homesick soldiers, oysters, crayfish, ham, bonbons, flickering desire, and more than a little wine, this collection encapsulates the holiday spirit and proves that the French have mastered Christmas.

This is Christmas

la francaise-delicious, intense and unexpected-proving that nobody does Christmas like the French.

By: Various, Alphonse Daudet, Anatole France, Irene Nemirovsky, Jean-Philippe Blondel
Imprint: New Vessel Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 260mm, Width: 185mm,
ISBN: 9781939931504
ISBN 10: 1939931509
Pages: 162
Publication Date: 02 January 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for A Very French Christmas: The Greatest French Holiday Stories of All Time

The English-speaking Francophiles and travelers among us who like nothing more than to suss out the soul of a foreign place can rejoice in this endearing collection of Christmas stories from ten of France's most esteemed writers--past and present--skillfully translated. --Foreword Reviews A joy to hold and page through, as it is beautifully produced ... The Christmas themes are treated with a refreshing originality and variety, and I can imagine returning to reread this collection for many Christmases to come. --The Fictional 100 Wonderful anthology ... It's funky, it's wild, it's French. --The Drunken Odyssey