<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This is Christmas, <em>à la française</em>--elegant, inviting, delicious, and challenging. Nobody does Christmas like the French.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>A continuation of the very popular Very Christmas Series, this collection brings together the best French Christmas stories of all time in an elegant and vibrant volume featuring classics by Guy de Maupassant and Alphonse Daudet, plus stories by the esteemed twentieth century author Irène Némirovsky and contemporary writers Dominique Fabre and Jean-Philippe Blondel. With a holiday spirit conveyed through sparkling Paris streets, opulent feasts, wandering orphans, kindly monks, homesick soldiers, oysters, ham, bonbons, flickering desire, and more than a little wine, this collection encapsulates <i>Noël</i> and proves that the French have mastered Christmas. This is Christmas <i>à la française</i>--delicious, intense and unexpected--proving that nobody does Christmas like the French.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"The English-speaking Francophiles and travelers among us who like nothing more than to suss out the soul of a foreign place can rejoice in this endearing collection of Christmas stories from ten of France's most esteemed writers--past and present--skillfully translated."<br>--<b><i>Foreword Reviews</b></i></p><p>A joy to hold and page through, as it is beautifully produced ... The Christmas themes are treated with a refreshing originality and variety, and I can imagine returning to reread this collection for many Christmases to come.<br>--<b><i>The Fictional 100</b></i></p><p>Wonderful anthology ... It's funky, it's wild, it's French.<br>--<i><b>The Drunken Odyssey</b></i></p><p><br>
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