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A far away friend

October 23rd, 2007 · 1 Comment

Sylvie sends me Jeux interdits, L’odeur de la papaya verte, La Mariée était en noir and makes my day ! :)
For someone whom I’ve met just twice, she reads my mind about things in general and movies & books in particular spectacularly well. It is almost impossible to believe how two very different people from […]

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Tags: Books · French · Languages · Movies · Reading

Comme un roman - Daniel Pennac

July 6th, 2007 · No Comments

Here is an interesting extract from Daniel Pennac’s <<Comme un roman>>:  
LES DROITS IMPRESCRITIBLES DU LECTEUR

1. Le droit de ne pas lire.
2. Le droit de sauter des pages.
3. Le droit de ne pas finir un livre.
4. Le droit de relire.
5. Le droit de lire n’importe quoi.
6. Le droit au bovarysme (maladie textuellement transmissible).
7. Le droit de lire […]

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Tags: French · Languages