Un temps de saison (B2) (Mondes en VF)

Un temps de saison (B2) - Marie Ndiaye

Open to all horizons of the Francophonie, the Mondes en VF collection bears witness to literature in touch with the realities of today's world. Personal perspectives - funny, tender or bitter - on our changing worlds, the stories in this collection are all doors to the pleasure of reading in French.

Complete audio recordings are available to download for free on the collection's website http://www.mondesenvf.fr, as well as additional teaching ideas, introductory sheets to facilitate writing workshops in French as a foreign language, resources for vocabulary, information on literary genres, literature by country, resources on specific themes and biographies of the authors to help with study of the texts in the classroom.

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Hermann is ready to return to Paris after holidaying in Provence, when his wife and son disappear. He then discovers the other side of the charming little touristic town where he has just spent two months. From the 1st September it doesn't stop raining and the inhabitants are no longer smiling, no longer as welcoming...

Little by little the foggy and ghost-like atmosphere of the place numbs Hermann's desires...