What do you mean ?Is the President is as weak as the media says?
He keeps looking for compromises, which contrasts with Sarkozy who was more of an autocrat. Not weak as Monti or Rajoy could be nowadays.
What do you mean ?Is the President is as weak as the media says?
What do you mean ?
He keeps looking for compromises, which contrasts with Sarkozy who was more of an autocrat. Not weak as Monti or Rajoy could be nowadays.
So glad it passed !
Some people I know will be so pissed ...
Makes it even greater !
It's about time
What do you mean ?
He keeps looking for compromises, which contrasts with Sarkozy who was more of an autocrat. Not weak as Monti or Rajoy could be nowadays.
What's the "family" thing about?
What's the "family" thing about?
Something about family not being exclusively "one female mother, one male father, children" anymore.
Includes long-awaited parenthood through adoption or other means for people that weren't considered as part of this holy trinity.
Nah I'm pretty sure the semantic thing ("parents" replacing "father and mother") is in today's bill right?
So what?Isn't the senate full of old people though?
The Fifth Republic was made by Charles de Gaulle for Charles de Gaulle. It's a presidential regime, and Hollande has all the more power since the Socialists have the majority in the two houses of Parliament, most Regional councils and most municipal councils. Basically, the Socialists can do everything on their own except changing articles of the Constitution.Is the President is as weak as the media says?
So what?
Nice! I'll auto celebrate as the only french gay gaffer here!
So I can say "Congrats, gay France-GAF ! Yes, both of you !"That makes two of us.
It's not like homosexuality is a new trend that old people are getting confronted against, like rock'n'roll or video games. There were already homosexuals when those people were young. I don't see how getting old suddenly makes you change your views about homosexuality.More old fashioned?I guess it's a bit stereotypical.
Meanwhile : Le journalisme total par Rue89...
It's not like homosexuality is a new trend that old people are getting confronted against, like rock'n'roll or video games. There were already homosexuals when those people were young. I don't see how getting old suddenly makes you change your views about homosexuality.
Why do you even read Rue89?Meanwhile : Le journalisme total par Rue89...
Why do you even read Rue89?
I'm a super fan of Michel Houellebecq but he's a very love-it-or-hate-it kind of author. Read his books (especially The Elementary Particles) if you like depressive/nihilistic stuff and rants about the evolution of sexuality.Any good contemporary French authors? It's been ages since I read french literature. Pierre Michon is one of those authors I keep reading but other then that I have been out of the loop. Michel Houellebecq any good?
Any good contemporary French authors? It's been ages since I read french literature. Pierre Michon is one of those authors I keep reading but other then that I have been out of the loop. Michel Houellebecq any good?
Any good contemporary French authors? It's been ages since I read french literature. Pierre Michon is one of those authors I keep reading but other then that I have been out of the loop. Michel Houellebecq any good?
Question. Au lycee en france es que vous devez lire la plus part des grands classiques francais obligatoirement? Proulx, stendhal, flaubert, baudelaire, Camus, Hugo etc... Ou c'est plus contemporain? Both?
Question. Au lycee en france es que vous devez lire la plus part des grands classiques francais obligatoirement? Proulx, stendhal, flaubert, baudelaire, Camus, Hugo etc... Ou c'est plus contemporain? Both?
Question. Au lycee en france es que vous devez lire la plus part des grands classiques francais obligatoirement? Proulx, stendhal, flaubert, baudelaire, Camus, Hugo etc... Ou c'est plus contemporain? Both?
Mostly classics, especially in High School/ "lycée" : Balzac, Flaubert, Corneille and Racine... I can't remember many books from "collège", apart from Molière of course. Maybe Giono too.
Proust is usually kept for university (I had to read it in "classes prépa").
Mostly classics, especially in High School/ "lycée" : Balzac, Flaubert, Corneille and Racine... I can't remember many books from "collège", apart from Molière of course. Maybe Giono too.
Proust is usually kept for university (I had to read it in "classes prépa").
another question for French-GAF, that is sort of a myth around here... is it true that French people don't take showers everyday?
Spent a day and a night in Paris.
I remember being in an apartment and having the chance to go out at night (I went with my two uncles who were in their own separate rooms) but I chose to stay in. Huge regret....I guess I was just scared of not being able to converse with others, but I could've at least taken a walk or something. I was 18.
I had to read "Du coté de chez Swann" in High School (1ere L) THE HORROR. That and Les Illusions Perdues de Balzac.
The worst being les Pensées de Pascal in Litterature class in Terminale. A fucking Joke, it's philosophy, not Litterature.
another question for French-GAF, that is sort of a myth around here... is it true that French people don't take showers everyday?
I had to read "Du coté de chez Swann" in High School (1ere L) THE HORROR. That and Les Illusions Perdues de Balzac.
The worst being les Pensées de Pascal in Litterature class in Terminale. A fucking Joke, it's philosophy, not Litterature.
Céline was a great writer.
BTW how is he seen in France?
I miss a shower from time to time but that's because I have skin problems... otherwise, if you tell someone you don't shower everyday, I'm pretty sure you'll get a weird look (unless you're talking to one of those modern hippies I've seen from time to time).another question for French-GAF, that is sort of a myth around here... is it true that French people don't take showers everyday?
Proust is too long, boring (pages-long sentences) and difficult even for adult readers. He is one of the finest French writers of all the 20th century, though.Question. Au lycée en France est-ce que vous devez lire la plupart des grands classiques francais obligatoirement ? Proust, stendhal, flaubert, baudelaire, Camus, Hugo etc... Ou c'est plus contemporain? Both?
Céline was a great writer.
BTW how is he seen in France?
Can't go wrong with Houellebecq : "Les Particules Elémentaires", "la Possibilité d'une Ile" are nice.
Also read Frédéric Beigbeder's "99 Francs" then "Au Secours Pardon".
I'm a super fan of Michel Houellebecq but he's a very love-it-or-hate-it kind of author. Read his books (especially The Elementary Particles) if you like depressive/nihilistic stuff and rants about the evolution of sexuality.
Stay the fuck away from Bernard Werber, Marc Lévy or Amélie Nothomb.
He's seen as the finest novelist of the 20th century along with Proust, invented a whole new literary language/style of narration, but he's banned from official celebrations and anniversaries for being a rabid antisemite and nazi sympathizer and remains a controversial figure even to this day. Voyage au bout de la nuit is a classic and has influenced many artists in and outside of France or French-speaking circles.Céline was a great writer.
BTW how is he seen in France?
Pascal and Descartes are hard enough to read casually, i can't imagine having to read them for a class.
I had to read "Du coté de chez Swann" in High School (1ere L) THE HORROR. That and Les Illusions Perdues de Balzac.
The worst being les Pensées de Pascal in Litterature class in Terminale. A fucking Joke, it's philosophy, not Litterature.
Mort à crédit is good too if you haven't read yet (but not as good as the Voyage)."Voyage au bout de la nuit" was great when I read it (in school, you made me remember !)
Acclaimed for its writing, but disliked for choosing the wrong side to support (the "collaboration") during WW2.
Thanks.He's seen as the finest novelist of the 20th century along with Proust, invented a whole new literary language/style of narration, but he's banned from official celebrations and anniversaries for being a rabid antisemite and nazi sympathizer and remains a controversial figure even to this day. Voyage au bout de la nuit is a classic and has influenced many artists in and outside of France or French-speaking circles.
Recent articles by literary critics about Céline:
http://lettres.blogs.liberation.fr/sorin/2011/02/céline-avec-ou-sans-pincettes.html
http://stalker.hautetfort.com/archive/2011/11/07/louis-ferdinand-celine-dans-la-zone.html
http://www.surlering.com/article/article.php/article/celine-rattrape-par-la-memoire
It's her only book worth reading. It's actually damn great, but as a whole, Nothomb is best left unread, as the rest of her non-autobiographical novels are copy-pastes of Hygiène de l'assassin.Amélie Nothomb is not that bad, "Hygiène de l'assassin" is a fun book.
Ouch. I feel for you.I had to read "Du coté de chez Swann" in High School (1ere L) THE HORROR. That and Les Illusions Perdues de Balzac.
The worst being les Pensées de Pascal in Litterature class in Terminale. A fucking Joke, it's philosophy, not Litterature.
Question. Au lycee en france es que vous devez lire la plus part des grands classiques francais obligatoirement? Proulx, stendhal, flaubert, baudelaire, Camus, Hugo etc... Ou c'est plus contemporain? Both?
The worst being les Pensées de Pascal in Litterature class in Terminale. A fucking Joke, it's philosophy, not Litterature.
I love Le Cercle (some good analyses/reviews on recent movies) but I don't like Beigbeder. I don't think he has much talent and he's a luddite (he hates e-books).Funny how Beigbeder is such an all-around cool guy, seems like he really knows his stuff and is pretty funny (especially he turned "le cercle" on Canal + into such an awesome program), yet everything he writes is so awful. Personal opinion of course but I was blown away by how bad "L'amour dure trois ans" is when I tried to read it recently.