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Mini French literature challenge

Hosted by ylimets

29 participants, 63 books added

Starts: Thursday, 15 February 2024

Ends: Tuesday, 31 December 2024

For French speakers: Read 5 books in the French language. These can be books originally written in French or translations into French, you choose. 

For non-French speakers: Alternatively, if you don’t speak French, read 5 books originally written in French, translated into another language.

It’s always a good time to practise your language skills or simply read the literature that other countries have to offer! 

All books added
Alsace-Lorraine: Histoire d'un "pays perdu" de 1870 à nos jours by François Roth

Alsace-Lorraine: Histoire d'un "pays perdu" de 1870 à nos jours

François Roth

222 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history politics
De l'unicité by Emmanuel Lévinas

De l'unicité

Emmanuel Lévinas

57 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction philosophy
Comme un Roman by Daniel Pennac

Comme un Roman

Daniel Pennac

197 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction education essays challenging reflective slow-paced
Dante by T.S. Eliot

Dante

T.S. Eliot

94 pages • first pub 1929 (editions)

nonfiction literary poetry medium-paced
Chagrin d'école by Daniel Pennac

Chagrin d'école

Daniel Pennac

299 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction education challenging reflective fast-paced
Et il dit by Erri De Luca

Et il dit

Erri De Luca

102 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction religion funny reflective sad slow-paced
Métaphysique des tubes by Amélie Nothomb

Métaphysique des tubes

Amélie Nothomb

156 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

fiction autobiography contemporary emotional funny reflective fast-paced
Les Étrusques by Raymond Bloch

Les Étrusques

Raymond Bloch

125 pages • first pub 1954 (editions)

nonfiction history
Charlemagne by Bruno Dumézil

Charlemagne

Bruno Dumézil

228 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history
La traîne des empires: Impuissance et religions by Gabriel Martinez-Gros

La traîne des empires: Impuissance et religions

Gabriel Martinez-Gros

290 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history religion