Contemporary fiction books from France
Recommended contemporary fiction books (32)
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If you are into contemporary fiction here are some contemporary fiction books from France for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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His Brother by Philippe Besson EN
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Lucas’s brother Thomas is dying. At their childhood holiday home, the two brothers wait for Lucas to die. Besson’s dispassionate observation of disease and death is haunting, as he portrays the inability of others to cope with Thomas’ illness and the petty cruelties of the medical system. Interwoven with the chronicle of Thomas’ death are the brothers’ memories of their childhood and adolescence, their jealousies and rivalries, their unspoken bond. As those around them withdraw from this inexplicable, inexorable death, Lucas and Thomas retreat to their childhood paradise to wait for the end.... continue
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Kids Run the Show by Delphine de Vigan EN
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A cautionary tale for a world in which social media has shattered the boundaries of intimacy. The first time that Mélanie met Clara, she was stunned by Clara's sense of authority, and for her part, Clara was struck by Mélanie's pink, glittery nails, which shimmered in the dark. "She looks like a child," thought the first. "She looks like a doll," pondered the second. These two women, both of the same generation and exposed to the same forms of media throughout their lives, could not be more different in adulthood. Mélanie is a social media superstar, broadcasting her children's daily lives on ... continue
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La cuarentena by Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio ES
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Corre el año 1872 cuando en una taberna parisiense irrumpe desafiante el poeta Arthur Rimbaud y amenaza a la clientela. Diecinueve años después, Jacques Archambau, un joven médico que de niño asistió atónito a la tormentosa escena y que ignora cuán ligado se halla su destino al del célebre poeta, embarca en el Ava con su esposa Suzanne y su hermano Léon rumbo a la isla Mauricio, su tierra natal. Allí les espera el gran clan familiar que antaño expulsara al padre de Jacques y Léon. Sin embargo, tras declararse dos casos de cólera en el barco, los pasajeros -un puñado de europeos y multitud de i... continue
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Le dieu du carnage by Yasmina Reza FR
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Théâtre avec quatre personnages: deux femmes, deux hommes.
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Mit uns wäre es anders gewesen by Éliette Abécassis DE
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Amélie und Vincent treffen sich in jungen Jahren an der Sorbonne in Paris. Aus tiefen Blicken wird eine Nacht, in der sie an der Seine entlangspazieren. Im Morgengrauen verabreden sie sich für den nächsten Tag. Vincent kommt, Amélie nicht. Zerfressen von Unsicherheit befürchtet sie, Vincents Interesse könne nicht ernst gemeint sein. Als sie schließlich doch zum Treffpunkt eilt, ist Vincent fort. Jahre vergehen, Vincent und Amélie erleben andere Leidenschaften und andere Ernüchterungen. Sie gehen Ehen ein, bekommen Kinder und warten auf ein Fa... continue
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On s'habitue aux fins du monde by Martin Page FR
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Le soir même où Elias, jeune producteur de cinéma à qui tout réussit, reçoit un prix, il jette le trophée dans la Seine. Clarisse, son amie, l'a quitté. Lorsque Caldeira, un réalisateur charismatique, le met à la porte, Elias commence à prendre conscience des fictions de son existence. De désillusions en déceptions, le jeune homme va tenter de découvrir qui il est et ce qu'il veut. Il découvre qu'il n'est pas très différent des personnages désespérés qui l'entourent... La grâce et la possibilité du bonheur arrivent sous la forme d'une jeune écrivaine qui tente de mettre fin à ses jours à chaqu... continue
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Pina by Titaua Peu EN
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Winner of the 2017 Eugène Dabit Prize Winner of the 2019 French Voices Grand Prize From award-winning Tahitian author Titaua Peu comes Pina, a devastating novel about a family torn apart by secrets and the legacy of colonialism, held together by nine-year-old Pina, a girl shouldering the immeasurable weight of her family's traumas. Far from Tahiti's postcard-perfect beaches, Ma and Auguste and five of their nine children live a hand-to-mouth life in destitute, run-down Tenaho. Nine-year-old Pina, abused and neglected in equal measure, is the keeper of her family's secrets, though the weight of... continue
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Platform by Michel Houellebecq EN
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In his new work, Michel Houellebecq combines erotic provocation with a terrifying vision of a world teetering between satiety and fanaticism, to create one of the most shocking, hypnotic, and intelligent novels in years. In his early forties, Michel Renault skims through his days with as little human contact as possible. But following his father’s death he takes a group holiday to Thailand where he meets a travel agent—the shyly compelling Valérie—who begins to bring this half-dead man to life with sex of escalating intensity and audacity. Arcing with dreamlike swiftness from Paris to Pattaya ... continue
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Res no s'oposa a la nit by Delphine de Vigan CA
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Un matí d'hivern, Delphine de Vigan va entrar a l'apartament de la seva mare, Lucile, i se la va trobar morta estirada al llit. Arran d'aquesta mort sobtada en circumstàncies poc clares, l'escriptora va decidir emprendre una recerca detectivesca per mirar de reconstruir el trencaclosques que havia estat la vida de Lucile Poirier. Una dona fascinant, d'una bellesa terriblement dolça i salvatge, seductora i bohemia, pero amb l'ànima marcada per un dolor profund i misteriós.Els centenars de fotografies preses durant anys, la cronica... continue