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World
Marie NDiaye Raises Questions She Has No Intention of Answering
She published her first book at 17 and has since become one of France’s best-known novelists. NDiaye is not interested…
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After France Bans Short Domestic Flights, It’s Business as Usual
A decree formalizing the measure, which was passed in 2021, is riddled with exceptions. Critics call its effect symbolic, at…
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Obituaries
Restaurant Yuu, an Omakase With a French Approach, Opens in Brooklyn
More French bistro cooking in the West Village, all you can eat Thai in Queens, and more restaurant news.
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Obituaries
How to Make a Simple Roast Chicken, According to a French Mom
Featuring butter, tarragon and Cognac, this reader-submitted recipe is simple, sophisticated and utterly stunning, Melissa Clark writes.
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World
Pablo Picasso, the Pariah of Paris
As Annie Cohen-Solal shows in “Picasso the Foreigner,” the Spanish master was always under suspicion in France, simply for being…
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Fight Over Retirement in France Is a Question of Identity
Resistance to the government’s plan to push back the retirement age is not just about working longer. It springs from…
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‘Pacifiction’ Review: Trouble in Paradise
Albert Serra’s languorous new film is a dreamy meditation on post-colonial geopolitics.
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Inclusive or Alienating? The Language Wars Go On
Before the millions of views, the subsequent ridicule and finally the earnest apology, The Associated Press Stylebook practically oozed good…
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Are French People Just Lazy?
France has been gripped recently by a wave of strikes and demonstrations — protesters old and young, rural and urban,…
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The French Want to Remain the French
The Associated Press offends French sensibilities and retreats from a piece of descriptive advice.