A French Life

Jean-Paul Dubois · 2004 CE · Novel · French · Contemporary

One man's life is told presidency by presidency, from de Gaulle to Chirac, through family, work, love and loss. Public events arrive as weather in a private story. The ordinary life stands in for the national chronicle.

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