Research Catalog
The lecture
- Title
- The lecture / Lydie Salvayre ; translation by Linda Coverdale.
- Author
- Salvayre, Lydie
- Publication
- Normal, IL : Dalkey Archive Press, 2005.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PQ2679.A52435 C6713 2005 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Coverdale, Linda.
- Description
- 135 pages; 18 cm
- Summary
- "At the city hall in a small town in the South of France, one man starts his campaign to correct the ills that have overtaken his proud nation by lecturing on the art of conversation. In his opinion, "conversation is a specialty that is most eminently French," an art that should be nurtured and practiced and that can help repair France's reputation. Not to mention that being a good conversationalist aids in seducing women, the method the lecturer used to attract Lucienne, his "superbly lumpish" wife."
- "One of the oddest characters in contemporary fiction, the lecturer can't help but digress about his sad life in the midst of his speech, although he's too self-deluded to realize quite how sad it is. Salvayre's The Lecture is an example of political double-talk and misogyny run wild."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- French literature series
- Uniform Title
- Conférence de Cintegabelle. English
- French literature series (Normal, Ill.)
- Alternative Title
- Conférence de Cintegabelle.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Fictional Work
- Fiction.
- Humorous fiction.
- Novels.
- Political fiction.
- Romans.
- Note
- Translation of: Conférence de Cintegabelle.
- ISBN
- 1564783510
- 9781564783516
- LCCN
- 2004063482
- OCLC
- ocm57124570
- 57124570
- SCSB-9456322
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library