French fiction that I really like
Discover captivating French fiction with my top book recommendations! Explore classic and contemporary French novels that will transport you to Paris and beyond.
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Bonjour tristesse
by Françoise Sagan
La villa est magnifique, l'été brûlant, la Méditerranée toute proche. Cécile a dix-sept ans. Elle ne connaît de l'amour que des baisers, des rendez-vous, des …
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The Lover
by Marguerite Duras
A modern classic and international bestseller with more than one million copies in print, The Lover has been celebrated by critics and readers across the …
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The Wall (Intimacy) and Other Stories
by Jean-Paul Sartre
One of Sartre's greatest existentialist works of fiction, The Wall contains the only five short stories he ever wrote. Set during the Spanish Civil War, …
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Les Liaisons dangereuses
by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
The complex moral ambiguities of seduction and revenge make Les Liaisons dangereuses (1782) one of the most scandalous and controversial novels in European literature. The …
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The Rendezvous
by Justine Levy
Raised by parents who came of age in the sixties and went on to achieve worldwide fame, Louise has survived their celebrity, their turbulent marriage, …