Tag: French Bingo

• A Doomed Love Affair

  I’ve never read any Elizabeth Bowen before, and I didn’t quite know what to expect from The House in Paris, with its themes of love, sex, betrayal, growing up and the search for identity. To be honest, after reading it I’m still not totally sure how I feel about it. It’s one of those books…

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  July 22, 2015

  Elizabeth Bowen, French Bingo, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Paris in July, The House in Paris

• The Wine of Solitude

  The Wine of Solitude, published in 1935,translated into English by Sandra Smith in 2011, The Wine of Solitude is a sad sort of book, and although it ends on a note of hope that feeling of sadness remains, because we know author Irene Nemirovsky died in Auschwitz, and it’s all the more poignant since she…

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  July 19, 2015

  French Bingo, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Paris, Paris in July, Russia, The Wine of Solitude, Ukraine

• Revolution and Markets in Paris

  I love Paris, but it’s a while since I’ve been there and, sadly, I’m unlikely to make it this year either, so I’m making do with a ‘virtual’ trip to the city, thanks to Paris in July, a month-long celebration of all things French being organised by Tamara over at her Thyme for Tea blog.…

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  July 14, 2015

  19th century Paris, Dreaming of France, Emile Zola, Florent, French Bingo, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Les Halles, Napoleon III, Paris in July, Second Empire