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A Listmania! list by Is (Tokyo)

1. Fear and Trembling by Am�lie Nothomb

The list author says:
	"No famous Belgians, did you say? Oh all right, maybe Amelie isn't up there with Elvis... but she SHOULD be. Her books are slim + scalpel sharp - not always loved by critics, but always good reads."

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2. Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Celine

The list author says:
	"Just the titles gives me the shivers! Yes, I want to journey to the end of the night! Do they speak French there? (Actually, they are a bit bitter, and they don't like America.)"

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3. A Brief Stay with the Living by Marie Darrieussecq

The list author says:
	"This hotch-potch style takes a bit getting used to, but it's defo nothing you've seen before. Polished, pretentious, poetic. And phun."

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4. In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust

The list author says:
	"Yes, children, we have to read all the six volumes. There, there, no complaining - I did give you Amelie and she's never verobse."

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5. Windows on the World by Fr�d�ric Beigbeder

The list author says:
	"French media guy writing on the 9/11 attack. Forget about that nonsense about freedom fries, this is written with great empathy."

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6. Bonjour Tristesse (Essential Penguin) by Francoise Sagan

The list author says:
	"The Riviera, the 60's, a teenage lolita, a playboy dad - possibly this is very trashy, it's just that it's written in such a classy way."

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7. Le Grand Meaulnes (Penguin Modern Classics) by Henri Alain-Fournier

The list author says:
	"A book about being a kid during the fin de siecle - basically it's like a French 'Go-Between' (L.P. Hartley)."

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8. Winter In Majorca by George Sand

The list author says:
	"This sounds like an airport thriller, doesn't it? No hints from the cover either. Actually, Sand is an 19th centruy female author who had a relationship w Chopin. He pops up in these travel writings."

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9. The Words to Say it (Women's Press Classics) by Marie Cardinal

The list author says:
	"A French woman writing about psychoanalysis? How cliched can it get? Well, lean back in the sofa and tell me all about it.... (not sure about the translation, love the book)."

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10. Atomised by Michel Houellebecq

The list author says:
	"A horrible book, I don't like it one bit. Have to admit it's bloody good though."

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11. The Lover (Flamingo) by Marguerite Duras

The list author says:
	"Saigon, mon amour... the story of Marguerite as a school-girl in Indochina, and her affair with an older business man. You've got it: it's moody, sexy, concise."

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12. A Very Long Engagement by Sebastien Japrisot

The list author says:
	"It'll probably be marketed as a French 'Birdsong', but with less embarrassing sex scenes. It's about to come to sepia-tinged life in a film by Jeunet."

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13. Jean De Florette and Manon Des Sources (Film Ink) by Marcel Pagnol

The list author says:
	"...or I suppose you could just rent the movies, which have the bonuses of Emmanuelle Beart and Gerard Depardieu."

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14. Memoirs of Hadrian: And Reflections on the Composition of Memoirs of Hadrian (Penguin Modern Classics) by Marguerite Yourcenar

The list author says:
	"Took me three attempts to get into this one, but now I can't get it out of my mind."

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15. The Second Sex (Vintage classics) by Simone De Beauvoir

The list author says:
	"An absolute classic. She's got an ice-cold brain and was way ahead of her times. You can sort of dip in and out of this book - it's a heavyweight in all senses."

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16. I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere by Anna Gavalda

The list author says:
	"Short story collection that went really big in France, though nobody seems to have heard of it in the UK. Why not?"

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17. Fur (Will to Conquer Series) by Liliane Giraudon

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18. A Simple Passion by Annie Ernaux

The list author says:
	"Sometimes exasperating, always interesting."

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19. The Small Pleasures Of Life by Philippe Delerm

The list author says:
	"Well, you've probably seen Amelie, so you already know that France isn't all about neurosis and black polo necks... and here's Philippe to prove it. J'aime, jaime!"

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