French summer reading for adults

Qui dit été, dit lecture ! Right?!

Reading in French can be such a pleasure, giving you access to wonderful stories, new literary traditions, different cultures and worldviews, and of course, can help you improve your vocabulary and reading comprehension skills!

So far this summer, I have really enjoyed reading:

• L'été de la sorcière - Nashiki Kaho (A beautiful, dreamy novel about a young girl and her grandmother spending a summer together in rural Japan)

• Éloge de la lenteur - Carl Honoré (A philosophical treatise "in praise of slowness")

• Next up in my book queue is Un certain art de vivre - Dany Laferrière (A collection of prose-poems detailing his experiences living in Port-au-Prince, Montréal, New York, Paris...)

And this summer my adult learners (intermediate and advanced) have been reading in French about...

• Prehistoric cave art in the south of France

• Poetry by Guillaume Apollinaire

• The anthropology of "bowl food"

• The life of painter Marc Chagall

• Overtourism and potential policy solutions

• The history of some of the Loire valley châteaux

Beginners and younger students are reading picture books and fun short stories like Le petit Nicolas.

Et vous, qu'est-ce que vous lisez en ce moment ? What are you currently reading? Send me an email at FrenchAvecCecile@gmail.com ! I'd love to hear from you.