Fragile Glory: A Portrait of France and the FrenchAn enormously entertaining account of contemporary France from the former Paris bureau chief of The New York Times . Bernstein combines personal memoir, informed observation, and news-hound curiosity to offer a stirring and unforgettable panaorama of France-at times exalted, troubling, and occasionally absurd. |
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The Imaginary Country | 3 |
FRANCE DEEP AND FRANCE PARISIAN | 19 |
WHO THEY | 97 |
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