A Very French Christmas by Various
A continuation of the very popular Very Christmas Series, this collection brings together the best French Christmas stories of all time in an elegant and vibrant volume featuring classics by Guy de Maupassant and Alphonse Daudet, plus stories by the esteemed twentieth century author Irène Némirovsky and contemporary writers Dominique Fabre and Jean-Philippe Blondel. With a holiday spirit conveyed through sparkling Paris streets, opulent feasts, wandering orphans, kindly monks, homesick soldiers, oysters, ham, bonbons, flickering desire, and more than a little wine, this collection encapsulates Noël.This is Christmas à la française--delicious, intense and unexpected--proving that nobody does Christmas like the French.
Alphonse Daudet wurde am 13.05.1840 in Nimes/Provence geboren; er starb am 16.12.1897 in Paris.Alphonse verlebte seine Kindheit in Lyon. Nach dem Bankrott seines Vaters war er 1856 gezwungen, die Schule zu verlassen. Er arbeitete dann als Amtsdiener in Ales.1857 zog er nach Paris zu seinem alteren Bruder Ernest. Alphonse begann dort seine schriftstellerische Tatigkeit. 1860 wurde er Sekretar des Herzogs von Morny, von der Pension nach dem Tode des Herzogs konnte er seine schriftstellerische Tatigkeit finanzieren.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781939931504 |
| ISBN 10 | 1939931509 |
| Title | A Very French Christmas |
| Author | Various |
| Series | Very Christmas Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | New Vessel Press |
| Year published | 2017-11-23 |
| Number of pages | 162 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |