malcha
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« on: December 13, 2011, 07:03:41 PM » |
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I am looking for a Christmas present idea for my brother, and I was thinking a subscription to a French language periodical might be something he'd enjoy, but my knowledge pretty much begins and ends with Le Monde. My brother is a historian who works on early modern France, but I'm not thinking academic, more like something equivalent to the New York Review of Books or the TLS, or to the New Yorker or the Atlantic, general literature/current affairs/culture. It would need to be something where there were online subscription options or where the paper subscription cost for the US wouldn't be totally exorbitant.
Any suggestions gratefully received. And I hope to goodness my brother hasn't taken to browsing the fora.
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« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2011, 09:45:21 PM » |
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Magazine Littéraire is kind of fun - it's pretty much exclusively literary, though, as far as I've seen. I know there's other stuff that I'm blanking on, but surely someone else will come along and help out. Honestly, Le Monde might not be a bad choice either.
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« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2011, 11:08:47 PM » |
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Je marque la page.
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Correct, as usual, TZ. That's because you are not Dude. TZ, however, is Dude. TZ is my favorite. I wish YOU began with A. |
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« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2011, 12:38:00 AM » |
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People go cuckoo for Le canard enchaine. I don´t get it myself but, shhh, don´t tell anyone. What about the sister publications of either LIRE or L' express? You might find ideas at H-France which is where all the cool French Historians hang out. I'd like Paris Match if we're doing Secret Santa. It's the French version of Hello! or Spain's Hola! I'm nodding off so I can't remember the names of the ones I used to peruse regularly. Perhaps tomorrow. |
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Who looks for God in the Bible? That's pretty dumb.
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« Reply #4 on: December 14, 2011, 12:40:40 AM » |
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If you go to the Magazine litt. page that corny linked above you can scroll to the bottom and find lepoint.fr and Histoire and other sister publications that might work.
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Who looks for God in the Bible? That's pretty dumb.
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« Reply #5 on: December 14, 2011, 08:30:25 AM » |
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Le Nouvel Observateur and Télérama (has TV and radio listings but is not really a Gallic equivalent of TV Guide) are cultural newsweeklies that, without being in any way heavy, cater to middle-class French intellectuals. They are generally more to the left than the Atlantic. They disgust me sometimes, but Le Nouvel Observateur at least carries Delfeil de Ton's generally excellent weekly columns.
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« Reply #6 on: December 14, 2011, 09:44:44 AM » |
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If you go to the Magazine litt. page that corny linked above you can scroll to the bottom and find lepoint.fr and Histoire and other sister publications that might work.
Ooh, yeah! Le Point isn't bad as an all-around kind of thing, and Histoire is fun to browse, as I recall. |
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malcha
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« Reply #7 on: December 14, 2011, 10:57:46 AM » |
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Thanks, everyone. Magazine littéraire looks perfect; now I have tried resurrecting my decayed French to ask them how to go about giving a digital subscription as a gift. We'll see what they say; the paper export subscription is a little pricey for my range.
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« Reply #8 on: December 15, 2011, 09:32:14 PM » |
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You might find ideas at H-France which is where all the cool French Historians hang out. Good to know that kind of listserv is out there. There had been one on H-Net now it's been discontinued. Merci! |
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