Author: Alphonse Daudet

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• Andreï Makine (1)
  • IN: Dreams of My Russian Summers (1995) Novel, French
    EPIGRAPH: I questioned the Russian about his method of work and was astonished that he did not make his translations himself, for he spoke a very pure French, with just a hint of hesitation, on account of the subtlety of his thought. He confessed to me that the Académie and its dictionary froze him.
    FROM: Trente ans de Paris, (1889), Book, NULL