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Tag Archives: France
illumination comes to our rescue
“But sometimes illumination comes to our rescue at the very moment when all seems lost; we have knocked at every door and they open on nothing until, at last, we stumble unconsciously against the only one through which we can … Continue reading
Sacré bleu
The 1937 phrasebook Collins’ Pocket Interpreters: France paints an alarming picture of a typical visit to France: I cannot open my case. I have lost my keys. I did not know that I had to pay. I cannot find my porter. Excuse … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Tourism, Travel Writing
Tagged dictionary, France, French, phrasebook
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There is no love of life without despair of life.
Albert Camus died on this day in 1960. Many have wondered over the last 65 years at an odd bit of trivia about that day when he was killed in a car accident. Why did he have an unused train … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Books, Europe, History, Restaurants, Writing
Tagged Albert Camus, France, KGB, Nobel Prize in Literature, Russia
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A Never Ending Read
Did you know that there’s a book no one will ever be able to finish reading in their lifetime, and it only has 10 pages? In 1960, the French writer Raymond Queneau introduced what is probably the world’s longest book. … Continue reading
Encounters with French culture
Last week, the American Library in Paris announced the winner of their 2024 Book Award, which recognizes titles originally published in English “that best realizes new and intellectually significant ideas about France, the French people, or encounters with French culture.” … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Books, Europe, History, Writing
Tagged Algeria, colonialism, France
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It’s a small world
The older that I get, the more often I stumble on snippets of information online that immediately triggers personal memory links to my own experience. In this category, I recently saw a reference to the innovative science-fiction short La Jetée by the … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Books, Europe, Film, Middle East, movies, Photography, South America, Tourism, Travel Writing
Tagged Chris Marker, France, time travel, Travel Guidebooks
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Wild Beasts of Art
I don’t think that I really appreciated the work of the great French artist Henri Matisse until I saw a fabulous retrospective show at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.. After viewing the exhibition, I became a huge … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Europe, History, Museums
Tagged Fauvism, France, Henri Matisse, modern art, Paris
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Welcome to the city of love
The BBC has released a new promotional video to gin-up some excitement for the upcoming 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Titled ‘Welcome to the City of Love,’ the short weaves a heartwarming narrative that blends Parisian romance with the passion … Continue reading
Life is stranger than fiction
Forgive the pun, but in this case life is truly stranger than the fictional book above. A fascinating handwritten manuscript of the French novel L’Étranger translated as The Outsider/The Stranger by Albert Camus has sold for €500,000 ($544,000) at auction in Paris. There is little … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, History, Writing
Tagged Albert Camus, France, novels, The Stranger
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scratch-and-sniff
Each May 16th, France celebrates Saint Honoré, the patron saint of bakers and pastry chefs. This year, the French postal service La Poste marked the occasion with a tasteful tribute in the form of a unique postage stamp. The “Baguette … Continue reading
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