French Fiction Reading Group

Regarde les lumières mon amour, Annie Ernaux

« Souvent, j’ai été accablée par un sentiment d’impuissance et d’injustice en sortant de l’hypermarché. Pour autant, je n’ai jamais cessé de ressentir l’attractivité de ce lieu et de la vie collective, subtile, spécifique, qui s’y déroule. »

Come join us once a month to celebrate the best of French Fiction in its original language!

We are delighted to announce the start of a new reading group for francophiles in Edinburgh. Our group will be reading winners of the prestigious Prix Goncourt, the Grand Prix de Elle, the Nobel Prize and more. This is the perfect opportunity for anyone wanting to practice their French with a book as well as a bookish talk. All chosen novels have been translated into English and can be read side by side with their translations. We nevertheless recommend an intermediate to advanced level of French, as conversation will mostly be led in French.

Over the course of the next six months, here are the novels we will be discussing:

Wed 17/04: Regarde les lumières mon amour, by Annie Ernaux

Wed 08/05: L’anomalie, by Hervé Le Tellier

Wed 12/06: Frère d'âme, by David Diop

Wed 17/07: Chanson douce, by Leïla Slimani

Aug Date TBC: Acide sulfurique, by Amélie Nothomb

Sept Date TBC: Oscar et la dame rose, by Eric-Emmanuel Schmidt

We hope to see you there, and in the meantime, bonne lecture!