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.
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
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14/05/2010 08:21:02 PM
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Thanks. I think I'll check out Vonarburg. Looks interesting. *NM*
14/05/2010 08:43:51 PM
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Only her SF has been translated into English so far.
14/05/2010 09:24:19 PM
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It has to be rather annoying when that happens, translations ending halfway.
14/05/2010 09:45:00 PM
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Or, you could read it and tell me what happens.
14/05/2010 09:51:21 PM
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*lol* If I ever read the series, remind me to get back to you on all that. *NM*
14/05/2010 10:02:11 PM
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As Dom argues in Larry's link, there isn't really that much.
14/05/2010 08:43:06 PM
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Drat. Curse the linguistic dominance of my native tongue!
14/05/2010 09:17:32 PM
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Well, I know of no such.
15/05/2010 09:40:12 PM
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Know what's pathetic? I forgot about Jules.
16/05/2010 06:06:41 AM
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While you're reading 19th century (semi-)spec-fic books...
16/05/2010 10:51:20 AM
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I read Leroux in English a while ago, so that's out. But yeah, Alix is good.
17/05/2010 03:03:37 AM
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There's not much that isn't youth literarure
15/05/2010 11:55:57 PM
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Thanks. I think I'm going to go with Vonarburg. *NM*
16/05/2010 06:04:45 AM
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