La Mandarine

by Christine de Rivoyre

220 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1959

About the author

Christine Berthe Claude Denis de Rivoyre (née le 29 novembre 1921 à Tarbes et décédée le 3 janvier 2019 dans le 15e arrondissement de Paris) était une journaliste, écrivaine et scénariste française.

Prix Interallié pour Le Petit Matin (1968), Prix Pierre-de-Régnier (1979), Prix Prince-Pierre-de-Monaco et Grand Prix Paul-Morand de littérature pour l'ensemble de son œuvre, elle a été membre du jury de le prix Médicis de 1971.
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Christine Berthe Claude Denis de Rivoyre was a French journalist and writer. She was born in Tarbes, France. She was educated in Catholic schools and then received a degree in literature from the Sorbonne. She continued her studies at the University of Syracuse before beginning as a journalist for Le Monde and then becoming literary editor for Marie Claire.

Her first novel L'Alouette au miroir, published in 1955, received the Prix des Quatre Jurys. Several of her novels have been made into films:

La Mandarine (1957); 1971 film
Les Sultans (1964); 1968 film
Le Petit matin (1968); 1971 film - novel received the Prix Interallié

De Rivoyre received the Prix Prince Pierre de Monaco in 1979 and the Grand Prix de Littérature Paul Morand in 1984 from the Académie française for her work. She was named an Officier in the French Legion of Honour.

Reviews

[Mark]

In the story "Tangerine" by Christine de Rivoyre, the author shows how Paul has to adapt. In the beginning of this book, Paul and his family moved down to Florida. He is not used to this place and his new school. Throughout the story, it shows what Paul had to do to make this new place feel like home.

[Serge]

[Read in French] This is a novel about a luxury Paris hotel in the 1950s run by a tightly knit family headed by an old matron. It became somewhat famous in France as "feminist" at the time, presumably because it described freely the heroine's sexual desires. More interesting is the abnormally close relationship between a brother and a sister, who sleep in the same bed in their twenties. There are chapters in the first person (the heroine), as well as the third person, but the transitions are smoothly handled. If you put yourself in the time period, the psychology of all the characters is very well described, and the author's original style in French is beautiful.

[Luseane T · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tangerine is an amazing book that proves that even though you have a disability you are still able to participate in any activity. Even if you are wearing glasses you can still be capable of playing sports. In this book the main character was restricted from playing soccer because, he wears glasses. Luckly in the end he was able to participate and continue to pursue.

[Matt · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ce livre est idiot. Je l'ai trouvé pas du tout intéressant et j'ai arrêté de le lire. Ennuyant.

[Yara · Rating 5 out of 5]

a very good book