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Thanks. I think I'm going to go with Vonarburg. *NM* Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 16/05/2010 06:04:45 AM
Classic fantasy with world building etc. isn't a genre the French wrote much, except in the youth literature category (most of which isn't as good as the anglo-saxon offer), not yet. Most of what come close to Fantasy is better comparable to "magical realism", or else what we call littérature fantastique (ghost stories, supernatural stuff and what not).

Vonarburg is worth checking. She's primarly a SF writer, but her most recent series is alternate history/fantasy in the vein of Guy Gavriel Kay.

Pevel is another.

If you want to check out the catalogue of À Lire, the French Canadian publisher of genre literature, it's alire.com Perhaps something with strike your fancy in there. They carry a mix of original works and foreign works in translation.

Bernard Weber suggested below by jh might interest you. What he does is close to Fantasy/SF, to spec fic at least, and he's an easy read.

I'd second his recommendation of D'Ormesson. It's not fantasy, but he's a very good writer. So is Malouf. Not so easy reads, though.

Some of Messadié maybe. Not Fantasy at all, but some of his novels might appeal to Fantasy fan, like Matthias et le Diable (more "magical realism" and historical novel), or his novelized biography of Comte de Saint-Germain that is quite fun (especially if you liked Foucault's Pendulum).

But the bottomline is probably that's Fantasy isn't really the genre francophones have been best at so far. There's plenty of fun and not to hard to read books in other genres though.

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Looking for modern French fantasy. Fantasy that's written in French, that is. Francophone Fantasy. - 14/05/2010 08:15:05 PM 694 Views
Read this discussion - 14/05/2010 08:21:02 PM 593 Views
Thanks. I think I'll check out Vonarburg. Looks interesting. *NM* - 14/05/2010 08:43:51 PM 222 Views
Only her SF has been translated into English so far. - 14/05/2010 09:24:19 PM 609 Views
It has to be rather annoying when that happens, translations ending halfway. - 14/05/2010 09:45:00 PM 636 Views
Or, you could read it and tell me what happens. - 14/05/2010 09:51:21 PM 627 Views
I'd tell you but I don't really remember... - 16/05/2010 12:02:26 AM 517 Views
As Dom argues in Larry's link, there isn't really that much. - 14/05/2010 08:43:06 PM 559 Views
Drat. Curse the linguistic dominance of my native tongue! - 14/05/2010 09:17:32 PM 531 Views
Uh, not really, it's set in the 20th century. - 14/05/2010 09:40:34 PM 504 Views
Sounds interesting. I'll keep it in mind. - 14/05/2010 10:03:03 PM 581 Views
Couple suggestions - 15/05/2010 11:35:47 AM 658 Views
Pierre Pevel. - 15/05/2010 06:11:45 PM 535 Views
Well, I know of no such. - 15/05/2010 09:40:12 PM 535 Views
Know what's pathetic? I forgot about Jules. - 16/05/2010 06:06:41 AM 523 Views
While you're reading 19th century (semi-)spec-fic books... - 16/05/2010 10:51:20 AM 509 Views
I read Leroux in English a while ago, so that's out. But yeah, Alix is good. - 17/05/2010 03:03:37 AM 593 Views
You know him? Impressive. - 17/05/2010 10:12:20 AM 531 Views
I've heard of it before, but I haven't read it. - 17/05/2010 06:42:54 PM 520 Views
There's not much that isn't youth literarure - 15/05/2010 11:55:57 PM 554 Views
Re: There's not much that isn't youth literarure *NM* - 16/05/2010 12:12:41 AM 195 Views
Thanks. I think I'm going to go with Vonarburg. *NM* - 16/05/2010 06:04:45 AM 222 Views

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