As Dom argues in Larry's link, there isn't really that much. - Edit 1
Before modification by Legolas at 14/05/2010 08:43:21 PM
Whatever.
So here is what is up. I am trying to improve my French. I live in a city with a French name and no French discussion groups. This is unfortunate. I'm trying to find an interesting book to read to help me keep up some of my ability. Newspapers are nice, but I'd like something that's entertaining to read. So... any suggestions for fantasy/sci-fi that's in French?
Or, hell, anything that's good and in French. I'd like it to be latter 20th century, though, since I'll be reading older books in class anyway.
Merci!
So here is what is up. I am trying to improve my French. I live in a city with a French name and no French discussion groups. This is unfortunate. I'm trying to find an interesting book to read to help me keep up some of my ability. Newspapers are nice, but I'd like something that's entertaining to read. So... any suggestions for fantasy/sci-fi that's in French?
Or, hell, anything that's good and in French. I'd like it to be latter 20th century, though, since I'll be reading older books in class anyway.
Merci!
One of the books I've read in French was sci-fi, sort of, and not a bad read; I see now on the French Wikipeda that its author is considered a forerunner of "French sci-fi", and there is a ridiculously long analysis of the book on its Wikipedia page (full of spoilers, obviously). It's called "La Nuit des Temps" by René Barjavel, but you could try other books by him too, I suppose.
If you're into historical fiction, there's a classic series by Maurice Druon about the transition period between the Capetien and Valois houses of the French monarchy, in the first half of the 14th century, called "Les Rois Maudits". Seven books, but they're only about 250-300 pages each, if that, so it's manageable. I've read the first four or five, still have to read the final few as my library doesn't have those.
I'm afraid that's about all I can tell you as far as semi-recent (Druon's books were written between 1955 and 1977) French fiction books that I've actually read go. Oh, one more now that I think about it - Amin Maalouf, he's obviously of Arabic origin but writes in French. His "Echelles du Levant" is not bad, haven't read his other books yet.