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These eight stories, by leading French writers of this century, are accompanied by a parallel English text and explanations of the less familiar French phrases, making them valuable for both English students of French and French students of English.Among the diverse and entertaining stories in this collection is the wistful masterpiece Green Tobacco by Claire Sainte-Soline, the exuberant tales of The Ants by the post-war king of cafe society Boris Vian, and the lucid realism of writers such as C. F. Ramuz (The dead man's return) and Andre de Mandiargues (Sabine).Together the stories are a fascinating insight into the quality of French life and literature.

Plus:

- A house in the place des fêtes by Roger Grenier

- Jimmy by Françoise Mallet-Joris

- The unknown Saint by Blaise Cendrars

- Traffic in horses by Jacques Perret

A DUAL-LANGUAGE BOOK

Widely considered the author's best work, this story of a love affair between Lea, a still-beautiful 49-year-old ex-courtesan, and Cheri, a handsome but selfish young man 30 years her junior, is a superb study of age and sexuality. While the theme of a young man who deserts his older mistress is a familiar one, in this novel, Colette makes it her own. Introduction, Notes, and new English translation by Stanley Appelbaum.

One of Andre Gide's best-known works, "The Immoralist (written in 1901, published in 1902) concerns the unhappy consequences of amoral hedonism, telling the story of a man who travels through Europe and North Africa and attempts to transcend the limitations of conventional morality by surrendering to his appetites. Notable for its fusion of autobiographical elements with both biblical and classical symbolism, this work marks a decided shift in Gide's prose style from a somewhat decadent floweriness to his later classic clarity. The author's nobility and simplicity of style is skillfully retained in this translation, which also preserves the passion and intensity of the original. Translation by Stanley Applebaum.

Translated and edited by Stanley Appelbaum