DH: I wish we could call this a getaway and send five of our loyal readers to Paris. We can’t quite swing that. But thanks to the gracious support of Other Press, we have five copies of Enough About Love to give away.
Herve Le Tellier’s sublimely intelligent novel is about several pairs of urban sophisticates in Paris who decide to explore the promise of love outside their own households. That is, they end up straying from their spouses.
It reads like an Gallic version of Woody Allen. It’s Woody Allen-like, the humor maybe a bit drier, as if the human comedy of falling in love is funny enough in itself without having to make jokes about it. Woody’s new movie takes place in Paris, by the way.
We’ve got five free copies of Enough About Love to giveaway to five commentors who name a favorite book set in or about Paris. Thanks again, Other Press!
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14 Responses to “Enough About Love Giveaway”
February 25, 2011
peterwknoxThis is less “set in” and more set “about” Paris, but The Sun also Rises by Hemingway is full of characters from Paris and one of my favorites forever.
February 25, 2011
Jason ChambersThat counts as far as I’m concerned, Peter. I’ll go with A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz.
February 25, 2011
Jason Chambersor Pete Dexter’s Paris Trout, although that’s not really in the spirit of “about Paris”, even if it is within the letter of the law.
February 25, 2011
Knittingmomof3Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky
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February 25, 2011
Shelley FrischParis was Ours, Penelope Rowlands.
February 25, 2011
David AbramsI’ll go with the obvious: Hemingway’s “A Moveable Feast”
Thanks for offering up this book1
February 25, 2011
JudykruegerLe Divorce by Diane Johnson made me feel the most at home when I visited Paris a few years ago.
February 25, 2011
Jessica MIf we can pick books that are “about” Paris more so than in Paris, then I’d have to pick The Sun Also Rises as well. Hemingway is fantastic, and I just loved the book when I read it.
And thanks for doing this giveaway!.
February 25, 2011
Sara DavidSarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay is set in Paris, and the city is one of the characters in a way.
February 26, 2011
Greenide0827The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier
February 26, 2011
AnonymousDavid Lebovitz “The Sweet Life in Paris: Delicious Adventures in the World’s Most Glorious – and Perplexing – City” is a dandy read.
February 26, 2011
Steph VanderMeulenCan a Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens count? It’s also London, but Paris is what I remember most! I also loved Paris to the Moon by Adam Gopnik.
February 26, 2011
SueMy Life in France by Julia Child was so sweet and made me so hungry.
February 28, 2011
Steph VanderMeulenThank you very much, you guys!
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