A Very French Christmas
Descriere
A continuation of the very popular Very Christmas Series, this collection brings together the best French Christmas stories of all time in an elegant and vibrant volume featuring classics by Guy de Maupassant and Alphonse Daudet, plus stories by the esteemed twentieth century author Irene Nemirovsky and contemporary writers Dominique Fabre and Jean-Philippe Blondel. With a holiday spirit conveyed through sparkling Paris streets, opulent feasts, wandering orphans, kindly monks, homesick soldiers, oysters, crayfish, ham, bonbons, flickering desire, and more than a little wine, this collection encapsulates the holiday spirit and proves that the French have mastered Christmas. This is Christmas a la francaise--delicious, intense and unexpected--proving that nobody does Christmas like the French.
Despre autor
Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant a fost un scriitor francez din secolul al XIX-lea. Este unul dintre precursorii povestirii moderne. Ca protégé al lui Flaubert, povestirile sale sunt caracterizate de economia stilului și un dénouement (deznodământ) eficient și natural.
