IT is one of the minor results of the war between Russia and Turkey that the world is learning a great deal more than it ever knew before about the real character of the contesting nations; and it is ...

THE preëminence of French literature over its modern rivals has been complacently taken for granted by most Frenchmen. There is something not unnatural — indeed, there is something worthy of respect — ...

Welcome to Great Adaptations, the Book Review’s regular multiple-choice quiz about books that have gone on to find new life as movies, television shows, theatrical productions and more. This week’s ...

In the 1956 essay “The Age of Suspicion,” Nathalie Sarraute described what the traditional French novel could offer its readers: “Comfort in their solitude, a description of their situation, ...

When I was a child, attending the Lycee Francais in New York, I would often spend part of each weekend walking in the city with my parents, “window shopping.” It was called “window shopping” because ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW YORK (AP) — English-language editions of French novels drawing upon everything from immigration to Burundi's civil war to ...

Shelves filled with hand-picked novels lines the inside of a newly opened businesses. Beausoleil Books, downtown Lafayette's independent bookstore, has a large French influence, as well as romance ...