Word: proust
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...still waiting, it is true, for a contemporary Flaubert or Proust. But how many Tolstoys do the Russians have? How many Melvilles are in the U.S.? A great, contemporary French writer is, however, long overdue. Here's betting that when he or she turns up, his or her first name will be something like Ahmed or Rachida. John Lichfield, IN THE INDEPENDENT...
...culture is something at once detested and desired. If an algebraic formula could summarize its quintessence, it would look something like this: De Gaulle + Sartre + the baguette + Sophie Marceau's breasts = French culture. Whereas we know very well French culture is infinitely richer. That France is lacking artists of Proust's stature is undeniable. That French cinema is weaker than at the time when the nouvelle vague was giving absolute lessons in filmmaking to the rest of world cinema is obvious. But it is rather simple to show that the conception that we have of art has also changed...
...African culture but hardly ever to Nigerian culture, distinct from Kenyan or Algerian culture, for instance? Perhaps it's easier to focus on the lowest common denominator of the African experience than on the unique cultural signifiers that every African country possesses as much as does the land of Proust, Monet, Piaf and Truffaut. Tolu Ogunlesi, ABEOKUTA, NIGERIA...
...article "In search of lost time" made two points: first, French culture is thriving in France, and second, it lacks commercial success abroad. So what? The former is a good thing, while the latter isn't bad. Art shouldn't be driven by vanity and money. Proust too was in search of lost time, not of the lost dime. Robert West, INGOLSTADT, GERMANY...
...translated from English. That's about the same percentage as in Germany, but there the total number of English translations has nearly halved in the past decade, while it's still growing in France. Earlier generations of French writers - from Molière, Hugo, Balzac and Flaubert to Proust, Sartre, Camus and Malraux - did not lack for an audience abroad. Indeed, France claims a dozen Nobel literature laureates - more than any other country - though the last one, Gao Xingjian in 2000, writes in Chinese...