Author: Andreï Makine

Cites

• Marcel Proust (1)
  • IN: Dreams of My Russian Summers (1995) Novel, French
    EPIGRAPH: ... it was with a childish pleasure and a profound emotionthat, being unable to mention the names of so many others who must have acted similarly and thanks to whom France has survived, I gave the real names here. ...
    FROM: Le Temps retrouvé, (1927), Novel, France
• de Maistre, Joseph (1)
  • IN: Dreams of My Russian Summers (1995) Novel, French
    EPIGRAPH: Does the Siberian ask heaven for olive trees, or the Provençal for cranberries?
    FROM: Les Soirées de St. Petersbourg, (1821), Book, NULL
• Alphonse Daudet (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