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French Briefs
Experience an eclectic cocktail of whimsical writing from assorted authors, a diligent digest of diverse dissertations, serving to stimulate your senses and to hearten your humour. French Briefs is a selection of short stories, the product of passion and perseverance by a gregarious group of British expatriate workaholic writers, broadly based in a rural region of legendary Limousin. Professionals, part timers and pretenders have conspired to provide printed pleasure and literary pleasure by contributing their tempting tales to this tome. French Briefs is a book at bedtime, tales to alleviate the tedium of travel, for basking on a beach or a commuter's companion. French Briefs is an adventurous anthology of scintillating short stories amassed by aspiring authors
308 pages, Paperback
Published October 29, 2015
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November 15, 2015
I obtained a copy of this book directly from the writing group at the English Library, La Souterraine.
At first sight I was put off by the cover and its rather 'hackneyed' choice of subject matter, depicting of bread, cheese and wine as things French.
I expected similar overworked and amateurish stories inside. Boy was I wrong!
From the first page of the first story my attention was grabbed and held.
There are twenty seven stories that are as rich, varied as are the nine authors contributing to this anthology. Four of whom are already published authors. Some clever editing has allowed the voice and style of each contributor to come through in the writing and not be suppressed under a 'uniform style guide.' This is essentially an amateur effort, but it is in no way amateurish in content and would stand favourably against any similar work released by any of the major publishing houses. That goes for the layout and typesetting of the book making a compact read that is easy on the eye as one flows through the pages. This anthology has discovered several talented authors who show considerable promise for the future should they continue to publish their writing.
The group all share an 'English' background that shows in the writing - grammar, spelling, but this is a good read that deservedly enjoys my five star rating. This is a book for adults, but there is nothing in its pages that would give me concern should a 13-year old read it. Thoroughly recommended.
At first sight I was put off by the cover and its rather 'hackneyed' choice of subject matter, depicting of bread, cheese and wine as things French.
I expected similar overworked and amateurish stories inside. Boy was I wrong!
From the first page of the first story my attention was grabbed and held.
There are twenty seven stories that are as rich, varied as are the nine authors contributing to this anthology. Four of whom are already published authors. Some clever editing has allowed the voice and style of each contributor to come through in the writing and not be suppressed under a 'uniform style guide.' This is essentially an amateur effort, but it is in no way amateurish in content and would stand favourably against any similar work released by any of the major publishing houses. That goes for the layout and typesetting of the book making a compact read that is easy on the eye as one flows through the pages. This anthology has discovered several talented authors who show considerable promise for the future should they continue to publish their writing.
The group all share an 'English' background that shows in the writing - grammar, spelling, but this is a good read that deservedly enjoys my five star rating. This is a book for adults, but there is nothing in its pages that would give me concern should a 13-year old read it. Thoroughly recommended.
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