The Oxford book of French short stories / edited by Elizabeth Fallaize.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fallaize, Elizabeth.

Series:

Oxford Books of

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short stories, French--Translations into English.

Short stories, French.

French fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (375 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection of French short stories in translation expands our idea of French writing by including new stories by women writers and by authors of Francophone origin. Spanning the centuries from the late eighteenth to the late twentieth, the collection opens with a rumbustious tale from the Marquis de Sade, takes in the masters of the nineteenth century, from Stendhal and Balzac to Maupassant, and reaches to Quebec, Africa, and the French Caribbean in the twentieth century. Womenwriters include relatively well known figures such as Renee Vivien, Colette, and Beauvoir, and newer writers such

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Introduction; THE MARQUIS DE SADE (1740-1814): The Husband Who Said Mass; STENDHAL (1783-1842): Vanina Vanini; THÉOPHILE GAUTIER (1811-1872): The Coffee Pot; HONORÉ DB BALZAC (1799-1850): The Message; PROSPER MÉRIMÉE (1803-870): The Venus of Ille; ÉMILE ZOLA (1840-1902): Story of a Madman; ALPHONSE DAUDET (1840-1897): The Last Lesson; GUSTAVE FLAUBERT (l821-l88o): A Simple Heart; GUY DE MAUPASSANT (1850-1893): The Necklace; At Sea; VILLIERS DE L'lSLE-ABAM (1838-1889): Gloomy Tale, Gloomier Teller; JORIS-KARL HUYSMANS (1848-1907): Knapsack at the Ready

RBNÉE VIVIEN (1877-1909): The Lady with the She-WolfMARCEL AYMÉ (1902-1967): The Walking Stick; COLETTE (1873-1954): Gribiche; JEAN-PAUL SARTRE (1905-1980): The Wall; GEORGES SIMENON (1903-1989): The Man on the Street; B1KAGO D1OP (1906-1989): An Errand; ALBERT CAMUS (1913-1960): The Guest; SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR (1908-1986): Monologue; MICHEL TOURNIER (b. 1924): The Lily of the Valley Lay-by; CHRISTIANS BAROCHE (b. 1935): Do You Remember the Rue d'Orchampt?; HERVÉ GUIBERT (l955-199l): The Check-up; ASSIA DJEBAR (b. 1936): There Is No Exile

RENÉ DEPESTRE (b. 1926): The Negro with the White ShadowFRÉDÉRIC FAJARDIE (b. 1947): The Underwear of the Woman Up Above; ANNIE SAUMONT (b. 1927): The Finest Story in the World; MONIQUE PROULX (b. 1952): Public Transit; Biographical Notes

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-161492-0

0-19-158787-7

OCLC:

714569764