Au revoir, tristesse : lessons in happiness from French literature
Groskop, Viv2020
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Like many people the world over, Viv Groskop wishes she was a little more French. A writer, comedian, and journalist, Groskop studied the language obsessively starting at age 11, and spent every vacation in France, desperate to escape her Englishness and to have some French chic rub off on her. Groskop mixes literary history and memoir to explore how the classics of French literature can infuse our lives with joie de vivre and teach us how to say goodbye to sadness. From the frothy hedonism of Colette and the wit of Cyrano de Bergerac to the intoxicating universe of Marguerite Duras and the heady passions of Les Liaisons dangereuses, this is a love letter to great French writers.
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Author:
Groskop, Viv, author
Imprint:
New York : Abrams, 2020.
Collation:
256 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9781419742989 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
840.9353840.935840.9353 GRO
Language:
English
BRN:
1171722
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