A Very French Christmas: The Greatest French Holiday Stories of All Time (Very Christmas Series #2)
Holiday fiction, Anthologies
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
Summary
A Very French Christmas is the second in New Vessel Press's Very Christmas Series, aimed at bringing English language readers some of the best holiday stories from around the world. The collections include forgotten gems, unearthed classics, stories that are… translated for the first time ever, and even some tales we've commissioned from our favorite writers. This volume brings together tales by Guy de Maupassant and Alphonse Daudet, plus works by the esteemed twentieth century author Irène Némirovsky and contemporary writers Dominique Fabre and Jean-Philippe Blondel. With a holiday spirit conveyed through sparkling Paris streets, opulent feasts, wandering orphans, kindly monks, homesick soldiers, oysters, crayfish, ham, bonbons, flickering desire, and more than a little wine, this splendid array encapsulates the holiday spirit and vividly demonstrates that the French have mastered Christmas.