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Escapade Normande

Discover Normandy and its historical background with a collection of books, magazines and films selected by our team. With authors such as Flaubert and Maupassant, immerse yourself into one of the most beautiful French regions with a little help from its best writers.

Ressources availble for borrowing are:

Books

  • Guy de Maupassant, Contes et nouvelles
  • Victor Bronbert, Flaubert, écrivain de toujours
  • Pascal Quignard, Tous les matins du monde, approved by our Book-Club.

Films

  • Jacques Demy, Les Parapluies de Cherbourg, a French Cinema Classic.
  • Aki Kaurismäki, Le Havre
  • Jean-Paul Salomé, Female Agents

Magazines

  • France, Visit Normandy and the sites loved by Impressionists, and discover where Monet liked to paint his most famous works.
  • France, Coast to Coast, Mont-St-Michel