Les Bookworms

Ce petit roman est assez simple par rapport à l'histoire présentée. On pourrait le lire comme un dernier testament du personnage principal qui s'appelle Meursault. Pendant ce roman, on suit Meursault, un pied noir en Algerie dans sa vie quotidienne. Il explique la mort de sa mère, la rencontre de son amoureuse Marie, les nouvelles de ses amies, et le plus intriguant un procès criminel qui l' accuse d'être meurtrier. Ce roman est plus connu pour sa critique sociétale et l’absurdisme trouvé dedans.

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The Stranger has a rather simple plot and reads almost like a last testament in first person prose. In a little over hundred pages, we follow Meursault, a pied-noir in Algeria through the loss of his mother, his adventures in love and friendship, and a strange criminal trial in which  he finds himself implicated. Known more for its commentary on society and as a prime example of absurdist fiction, Camus’ The Stranger has been integrated into the reading curriculum throughout the world and remains a novel that many hate to love.

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Simone de Beauvoir discuter les points de vue pris sur la femme par plusieurs disciplines academiques. Son chef-d'œuvre est une chronique de l’histoire des femme et connu comme le plus grand livre de la philosophoie feministe. C’est un essai, manuel, et thèse qui influence considérablement les générations de femmes qui lui ont succédé. Elle explore comment l'inégalité entre les hommes et les femmes est historiquement et idéologiquement construite. Le deuxieme sexe etait revolutionaire en 1949 et reste l’actualite aujourd’hui.

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Originally published in 1949 as a novel, The Second Sex reads more like a textbook of the history of female oppression, taking on topics ranging from Christian depictions of women, the right to vote, menstruation and maternity. De Beauvoir begins by saying famously, one is not born a woman, one becomes a woman. Straight away, she attacks the myths perpetuated about women and gender as essential to a person’s being. The book is shockingly ahead of its time and it can’t be overstated how important it was in inspiring the second wave of feminism. One that moves beyond legal equality and into philosophical and societal differences in the way women are treated.

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This episode is all about breaking down existentialism as a philosophy. In this French/English episode, we cover the basic tenants of existentialism through discussing the philosophers responsible for its creation and propagation. Then, we discuss the time period and external influences as well as the most famous works (for the French existentialists). We hope by the end of the episode, you have a better grasp on what existentialism means and how it applies to our next few episodes!

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Entre un mémoire et un livre de santé et bien être, ce livre essaye d’expliquer comment les femmes françaises évitent la culture de régime et restent mince et en bonne santé. Mireille explique son expérience prenant du poids et ses coup de mains de les perdre utilisant la modération. Il y a des recettes, des conseils utiles et des exemples de la façon dont les français peuvent tout avoir.

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Somewhere between self-help, memoir and anthropological study of the relationship French culture has with food and diet, this book aims to explain how French people avoid yoyo dieting through moderation, seasonal eating and mindful meals. Mireille explains her own journey through putting on weight and trying to keep it off. Not quite a diet book, you learn useful recipes and tricks to be conscious of what you eat and gain general knowledge about the French approach to food and body image.

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This episode is all about Christmas traditions! With the holidays around the corner, we discuss Christmas traditions in our homes: Canada and France! This is our last episode this season and before our break for the holidays. We hope you have a wonderful holiday season and stay safe into 2021!

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Une histoire d'amour réaliste entre un soldat marocain et une jeune femme d'Alsace à la fin de la deuxième guerre mondiale. Mathilde déménage au Maroc avec son nouveau mari Amine et ils commencent de bâtir une vie ensemble. Ils rencontrent des obstacles tout le temps, avec leur ferme et les agrumes qui ne grandissent pas, avec leurs familles qui vient des cultures différents, et avec leurs sentiments de soi, de qui sont-ils dans ce pays des autres.

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This is a realistic love story between a Moroccan soldier and an Alsatian woman beginning at the end of WWII. It follows their life as they create a household, build a farm, and experience life together in a mixed race, bicultural family in the 50s and 60s. The cultural conflicts and genuine efforts of connection weave a pragmatic tale filled with the trials and tribulations of everyday life in a unique period of time in Morocco - the beginning of the end.

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