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What's the best French novel? Who is the best French author?

>> No.13620652

Candide

>> No.13620661

Les Faux-monnayeurs

>> No.13620695

>>13620643
The Count of Monte Cristo

>> No.13620743

>>13620661
Gay literature? no thanks.

>> No.13621158

>>13620695
probably this

>> No.13621286

The french are a race of insects which ought to be stomped out, you'll find nothing of merit in their "language"

>> No.13621329

>>13620643
Journey to the End of the Night

>> No.13621346
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13621346

Journey to the end of the night

>> No.13621349

l'étranger

>> No.13621409

>>13621286
I wonder who could be behind this post?

>> No.13621418

L'Astrée

>> No.13621541

Marquis de Sade 120 days of Sodom

>> No.13621557

>>13620661
bassé

>> No.13621616

>>13621557
Basé*

>> No.13621709

>>13621346
this book sounds interesting as fuck

>> No.13622021

no french books are good.

>> No.13622125

>>13620643
the best novelist was ballsack

>> No.13622242

>>13622125
Ballsack? me likey

>> No.13622297

>>13620643
Madame Bovary

>> No.13622317

>>13621346
/thread
>>13621709
What a newfag...Are you 12 or what ?

>> No.13622390

>>13621541
I read "Justine ou les Malheurs de la vertu" and really enjoyed it; it has a lot of original ideas. Then I bought "Les 120 journées de Sodome" expecting it to explore further those ideas. It was really such a disappointment...

Honestly this book is just a list of depraved sexual acts.

>> No.13622422

>>13622125
This.

>> No.13622541

>>13622317
no im not 12, just new to french lit. only been seriously reading a few years, now

>> No.13622968

>>13622541
Journey is a good book, if you like that nihilistic French style of telling pointless stories with beautiful imagery and long passages polemicizing humanity.

Which I happen to be quite a fan of.

If you haven't read The Stranger or Nausea those are both shorter and a little less pessimistic.

Though Celine has quite a way with words that neither sartre or camus seem to come close to.

>> No.13623066

>>13622968
I'm fine with the pessimism. I read The Stranger and I found the first half of the book kinda shit, but absolutely loved the second half.

I'm gonna order a copy of journey and start it as soon as I can.