A Francophile's diary
Paris shut down all its live theaters for several months during the Covid pandemic and the period of confinement. It has been gradually unwinding the shutdown (déconfinement), and today live theaters are announcing their reopening plans. It made me very happy to receive the email shown below in my inbox. That’s right, five separate plays …
Continue reading “Alexis Michalik in Five Paris Theaters starting August 18.”
Last week I finished reading Loin (roman) by Alexis Michalik. I had really high hopes. In the end, I was disappointed.
For homework this week, my teacher asked me to write a review of a play I saw recently. It wasn’t a French play (though it was Canadian), but I didn’t feel like writing about any of the French plays I’d read recently. So I dashed off 1000 words in about two and a half hours, …
Continue reading “Venu de loin, où comment comprendre un fléau ?”
I had a chance to watch one of the films that Léo introduced me to on Tuesday: Le Chant du loup a 2019 submarine movie starring François Civil, Reda Kateb, and Mathieu Kassovitz. Omar Sy and polymath Alexis Michalik also appear in supporting roles. I recognized Civil, as he plays Hippolyte Barneville in the series …
Day 3 of my summer lessons has come and gone. Actually, I’m a couple days behind, as I’m so busy writing in French that I barely have time to keep up with writing in English. Or rather, I have time, but I lack energy: all this studying is tiring! I don’t know how graduate students …
I like to read French books, mostly novels. Here’s some books I’ve read, some books I’d like to read, and odds and ends that I might expand into blog posts some day. Books I’ve Read Some of the books I’ve read lately. I’ve lost track of anything before 2019, and some since no doubt. These …