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The Lecture
Lydie Salvayre
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Description for The Lecture
Paperback. Series: French Literature Series. Num Pages: 135 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 132 x 11. Weight in Grams: 454.
At the City Hall in a small town in the South of France, one man starts his campaign to correct the ills that have overtaken his proud nation by lecuring the town's inhabitants on the art of conversation. In the narrator's opinion, "coversation is a specialty that is most eminently French," an art that should be nurtured and practiced, and can help repair France's reputation. Not to mention being a good conversationalist is extremely useful for seducing women, which is how the narrator managed to attract Lucienne, his "superbly lumpish" wife who died two months before giving this lecture. One ... Read more
At the City Hall in a small town in the South of France, one man starts his campaign to correct the ills that have overtaken his proud nation by lecuring the town's inhabitants on the art of conversation. In the narrator's opinion, "coversation is a specialty that is most eminently French," an art that should be nurtured and practiced, and can help repair France's reputation. Not to mention being a good conversationalist is extremely useful for seducing women, which is how the narrator managed to attract Lucienne, his "superbly lumpish" wife who died two months before giving this lecture. One ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
Series
French Literature Series
Number of Pages
135
Place of Publication
Normal, IL, United States
ISBN
9781564783516
SKU
9781564783516
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Ref
99-3
About Lydie Salvayre
Lydie Salvayre, daughter of refugees from the Spanish Civil War, grew up in the south of France, where she received a degree in psychiatry. In her mid-forties she published her first novel, The Declaration. She has since published nine other books, including Everyday Life and The Power of Flies, and has received numerous awards, including the Prix Hermes and the ... Read more
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