SaligoBay Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 Seems like EVERYBODY knows him, but I only came across him a few weeks ago when someone lent me "La nuit des temps".I thought it was absolutely lovely, it was a joy to read in French, it was like a poem in prose, and the story just gets you right there.Yours, in a post-trifle soppy moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 Well, I didn't know him, and judging by the response so far it doesn't look as if I'm alone. Thanks for the tip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pucette<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Pucette<FONT><P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">"Qui ne connaît pas la campagne lhiver, ne connaît pas la campagne et ne connaît pas Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 I thought perhaps it was a Christmas fool, but see you are serioushttp://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/2266023039/qid=1102194080/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_10_2/402-3702772-1028920thank you, I'll make reading something by him a New Year's Resolution (fancy the one about the unicorns myself) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pucette<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Pucette<FONT><P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">"Qui ne connaît pas la campagne lhiver, ne connaît pas la campagne et ne connaît pas Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 I bought "La nuit des temps" with the alapage voucher wanadoo sent me... haven't opened it yet but it's there on the shelf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaligoBay Posted January 28, 2005 Author Share Posted January 28, 2005 Just finished "Les Chemins de Katmandou" by this here Monsieur Barjavel, enjoyed it very much, although it's certainly not what you would call a happy story.It was based on a 1969 film of the same name, with Jane Birkin as Jane, and Serge Gainsbourg as Ted. Impressive page here with everything you could possibly want to know (and more!) about the film and the book, it even has pictures if there's too much French for you. AND you can listen to the music from the film, it's by Serge Gainsbourg. It's a laugh, it's just soooooooo 60s. If you're at all into qrty-farty French culture, you'll be in heaven. Happy reading!http://barjaweb.free.fr/SITE/ecrits/Katmandou/katmandou.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaligoBay Posted March 1, 2005 Author Share Posted March 1, 2005 And another Barjavel bites the dust. "La Faim du Tigre" this time, not a novel, vaguely same sort of subject matter as "The Blind Watchmaker" by Richard Dawkins, but from a more philosophical angle, and with a different conclusion. And more readable - you have to be pretty determined to get all the way through Dawkins with your sanity still intact!Another NICE read. I don't agree with some of his conclusions, but I like him anyway, and if he'd been born a few years later he might have benefitted from the extra advances in science, and might have been RIGHT as well as NICE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letrangere Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 SB, I am changing my library books this evening having just finished highly recommended (especially if you're an orientalist) 25 rue Soliman Pacha by Gerald Messadie. I shall see what they have on the shelves by M Barjavel. M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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