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Originally Posted by Uncle Robin
In my teens I made friends with a WWII veteran living next door who kindly lent me his copy of The Rise and Fall, a real highlight of my reading back then. I only have one French book on my TBR for 2022, based solely on its title - I hope it's as amusing as it sounds  |
That is very cool, how nice of your neighbor. It's a really interesting book, all the more so as the author had actually been to many of the crazy Austrian's speeches etc., so he has real first hand insight.
I love the look of that book!
It sounds very funny, maybe I’ll add it to my list as well.
Last year I think all the French books I read were by Agatha Christie.
I think the last French book I read by a French author was hhHh, which was tremendous. I just remembered, it wasn’t that, it was one about Mengèle escaping and living in Brazil and how he was captured. Also very good. I was reading Le Rouge et le noir, but gave up, I might go back to that as I was enjoying it pretty much. I might reread Thérèse Raquin, which I loved. I usually reread my favorite books multiple times.