French Lessons: A Memoir



French Lessons: A Memoir
Raised the daughter of a Jewish lawyer who prosecuted Nazi war criminals, Alice escapes into another world via the French language and culture yet finds, through deconstructionist history, the existence of French fascism, and ultimately her intellectual coming of age. Reprint. NYT. UP.
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Author Alice Kaplan
Format Paperback
ISBN 9780226424194
Publisher University Of Chicago Press
Manufacturer University Of Chicago Press
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Raised the daughter of a Jewish lawyer who prosecuted Nazi war criminals, Alice escapes into another world via the French language and culture yet finds, through deconstructionist history, the existence of French fascism, and ultimately her intellectual coming of age. Reprint. NYT. UP.
An original and engaging memoir about a young girl seduced by the French language, its forms, and its culture. French Lessons is not just a growing-up story, but a story about language, the compulsion to embrace foreigness to discover oneself, and the growth of intellectual awareness.


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