by Romain Gary · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782035866066
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«J'ai soif d'innocence et autres nouvelles à chute» is a collection of short stories by Romain Gary, published by Larousse in paperback (114 pages, in French).
The book brings together a series of short stories by Romain Gary, headed by the story that gives the volume its title. They are nouvelles à chute: stories that dole out information to end in an unexpected twist. The author uses the brevity of the genre to play with readers' expectations and close each text with a surprising turn.
Part of the Petits Classiques Larousse and Les Contemporains collections. Edition presented, annotated and commented by Carine Perrier, with a pedagogical dossier. ISBN 9782035866066.
Edition designed for the French-speaking school context (collège), with a pedagogical dossier, useful for working in class on these stories with surprising endings.
Romain Gary, also known by the pen name Émile Ajar, was a Lithuanian-born French novelist, diplomat, film director, and military aviator. He is the only author to have won the Prix Goncourt twice. He is considered a major writer of French literature of the second half of the 20th century.
