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Overview"At the City Hall in a small town in the South of France, one man starts his campaign to correct the ills that have overtaken his proud nation by lecuring the town's inhabitants on the art of conversation. In the narrator's opinion, ""coversation is a specialty that is most eminently French,"" an art that should be nurtured and practiced, and can help repair France's reputation. Not to mention being a good conversationalist is extremely useful for seducing women, which is how the narrator managed to attract Lucienne, his ""superbly lumpish"" wife who died two months before giving this lecture. One of the oddest characters in contemporary fiction, the lecturer in this novel can't help but digress about his sad life in the midst of his speech, giving the reader a view of a self-centered man trying to turn one of his greatest faults into a virtue to be forced on everyone else. By turns ironic, hilarious, pathetic, and mortifying, Salvayre's The Lecture is an exuberant example of the exciting fiction being written in France." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Lydie Salvayre , Linda CoverdalePublisher: Dalkey Archive Press Imprint: Dalkey Archive Press Dimensions: Width: 13.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 17.70cm Weight: 0.145kg ISBN: 9781564783516ISBN 10: 1564783510 Pages: 135 Publication Date: 16 June 2005 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationLydie Salvayre is a French writer. Born in the south of France to Republican refugees from the Spanish Civil War, she went on to study medicine in Toulouse and continues to work as a practicing psychiatrist. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |