Comments on: Fred Vargas, Sans Feu ni Lieu (1997) http://smithereens.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/fred-vargas-sans-feu-ni-lieu-1997/ Reading and Writing Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:30:35 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: LK http://smithereens.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/fred-vargas-sans-feu-ni-lieu-1997/#comment-2188 LK Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:04:11 +0000 http://smithereens.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/fred-vargas-sans-feu-ni-lieu-1997/#comment-2188 Oo-la-la. Never heard of Vargas, but sounds like a winner. Will need to get going on it. Oo-la-la. Never heard of Vargas, but sounds like a winner. Will need to get going on it.

]]> By: smithereens http://smithereens.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/fred-vargas-sans-feu-ni-lieu-1997/#comment-2108 smithereens Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:02:19 +0000 http://smithereens.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/fred-vargas-sans-feu-ni-lieu-1997/#comment-2108 Kate, I'm very happy you liked it. I hope you will be as satisfied with the other ones as with the first! Kate, I’m very happy you liked it. I hope you will be as satisfied with the other ones as with the first!

]]> By: Kate S. http://smithereens.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/fred-vargas-sans-feu-ni-lieu-1997/#comment-2105 Kate S. Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:26:03 +0000 http://smithereens.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/fred-vargas-sans-feu-ni-lieu-1997/#comment-2105 I'm just checking back in to let you know that I loved the Vargas novel that I read this week and I've already begun a second one. I gather that there are at least three more that have been translated into English so I've got lots of happy reading ahead of me. Thanks for getting me started on Vargas's books! I’m just checking back in to let you know that I loved the Vargas novel that I read this week and I’ve already begun a second one. I gather that there are at least three more that have been translated into English so I’ve got lots of happy reading ahead of me. Thanks for getting me started on Vargas’s books!

]]> By: smithereens http://smithereens.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/fred-vargas-sans-feu-ni-lieu-1997/#comment-2100 smithereens Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:14:39 +0000 http://smithereens.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/fred-vargas-sans-feu-ni-lieu-1997/#comment-2100 Kate, I hope you enjoy this one, I've never read it. (In French it's called L'homme à l'envers / The man upside down). It must have been a great challenge for the translator! Kate, I hope you enjoy this one, I’ve never read it. (In French it’s called L’homme à l’envers / The man upside down). It must have been a great challenge for the translator!

]]> By: Kate S. http://smithereens.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/fred-vargas-sans-feu-ni-lieu-1997/#comment-2099 Kate S. Tue, 22 Jan 2008 01:54:17 +0000 http://smithereens.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/fred-vargas-sans-feu-ni-lieu-1997/#comment-2099 This sounds most interesting. I've been reading a bit of contemporary French fiction lately and also some crime fiction in translation, so what better than to put the two together? I found an English translation of one of Vargas' novels ("Seeking Whom He May Devour") at the library this evening and I'm looking forward to diving in. Thanks for telling me about her! This sounds most interesting. I’ve been reading a bit of contemporary French fiction lately and also some crime fiction in translation, so what better than to put the two together? I found an English translation of one of Vargas’ novels (“Seeking Whom He May Devour”) at the library this evening and I’m looking forward to diving in. Thanks for telling me about her!

]]> By: smithereens http://smithereens.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/fred-vargas-sans-feu-ni-lieu-1997/#comment-2097 smithereens Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:17:37 +0000 http://smithereens.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/fred-vargas-sans-feu-ni-lieu-1997/#comment-2097 Mandarine, Plague in Paris? Br... I'll check it at my local library. As for MP3 players, I need some more time to decide, but whenever I'll be ready (most probably, when everybody else will already be starting with another new technology), I'll remind you of your kind consulting offer! :) Mandarine, Plague in Paris? Br… I’ll check it at my local library.
As for MP3 players, I need some more time to decide, but whenever I’ll be ready (most probably, when everybody else will already be starting with another new technology), I’ll remind you of your kind consulting offer! :)

]]> By: mandarine http://smithereens.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/fred-vargas-sans-feu-ni-lieu-1997/#comment-2096 mandarine Sun, 20 Jan 2008 07:29:28 +0000 http://smithereens.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/fred-vargas-sans-feu-ni-lieu-1997/#comment-2096 Funny that you should put Fred Vargas and audiobooks in the same post, as I actually discovered Vargas' books by way of a very convincing recording (not free, borrowed) of <a href="http://www.livraphone.com/product_info.php?products_id=99" rel="nofollow">Pars Vite et Reviens Tard</a>. If you have not read it, I warmly recommend this very uncommon story about a (criminal) plague outburst in today's Paris and a former Breton fisherman turned 'crieur public' (public herald?) announcing the plague through various fragments of medieval ominous giberish... I actually found Vargas' characters more interesting than Pennac's smala, but maybe it was just the novelty effect. If you need advice on mp3 players for audiobooks, I can provide free online consulting ;-) Funny that you should put Fred Vargas and audiobooks in the same post, as I actually discovered Vargas’ books by way of a very convincing recording (not free, borrowed) of Pars Vite et Reviens Tard. If you have not read it, I warmly recommend this very uncommon story about a (criminal) plague outburst in today’s Paris and a former Breton fisherman turned ‘crieur public’ (public herald?) announcing the plague through various fragments of medieval ominous giberish…

I actually found Vargas’ characters more interesting than Pennac’s smala, but maybe it was just the novelty effect.

If you need advice on mp3 players for audiobooks, I can provide free online consulting ;-)

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