These eight stories by leading 20th century French writers offer fascinating insights into French life and literature and are accompanied by a parallel English text, making them valuable for both French and English language students.
Among the diverse and entertaining stories in the collection are the wistful masterpiece ‘Green Tobacco’ by Clair Sainte-Soline; the exuberant tale of ‘The Ants’ by the post-war king of café society, Boris Vian, and a suspense in the nineteenth-century erotic tradition from Andre de Mandiargues.
Introduction
GREEN TOBACCO
Clairs Sainte-Soline translated by Peter Newmark
THE ANTS
Boris Vian translated by Rawdon Corbett
THE DEAD MAN'S RETURN
C.-F. Ramuz translated by Vivienne Menkes
A HOUSE IN THE PLACE DES FETES
Roger Grenier translated by Monica Lee
JIMMY
Francoise Mallet-Joris translated by Diana Saville
THE UNKNOWN SAINT
Blaise Cendrans translated by Dudley Treharne
SABINE
Andre Pibyre de Mandiargurs translated by Simon Lee
TRAFFIC IN HORSES
Jacques Parret translated by David Constantine
Notes on Authors
Notes on French Texts
