La Grammaire Est Une Chanson Douce (Le Livre De Poche) (French Edition) [Mass Market Paperback]

Erik Orsenna (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 150 pages
• Publisher: Livre de Poche (January 2, 2003)
• Language: French
• ISBN-10: 2253149101
• ISBN-13: 978-2253149101
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #207,443 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant!, December 28, 2007

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VY (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: La Grammaire Est Une Chanson Douce (Le Livre De Poche) (French Edition) (Mass Market Paperback)

I am a French teacher and *cannot wait* to get this book into the hands of my students. It has such a cute way of explaining essential grammatical concepts without being pedantic at all. Set on a magical island where the protagonist lands after a shipwreck, the novel talks about adjectives, for example, wanting to "marry" nouns (for gender agreement); about how adverbs are loners, and how verbs need a "time" (and there are different "clocks" to illustrate the tenses). There is a musical subtheme as well.

Ultimately, it's a book for word lovers and Francophones. As a member of the Academie Francaise, the author Orsenna is clearly playing with the pure joy of language. He delights in using an incredible vocabulary--but it is not necessary to look up each word to enjoy the novel. It's all about the pleasure of the word...and the page.

Enjoy!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful!, January 19, 2005

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Amie (Petoskey, MI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: La Grammaire Est Une Chanson Douce (French Edition) (Paperback)

I'm not sure whether or not every francophone would love this book, but I did. You might not think that a book about grammar is something to read outside of French class, but this one is worth it. Yes, there is a plot, and the grammar that is presented in the book is done in such a way that you won't forget it. C'est vraiment une belle histoire!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Plus qu'une histoire d'aventure, September 28, 2011

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Autumn Sun "autumn_sun" - See all my reviews

This review is from: La Grammaire Est Une Chanson Douce (Le Livre De Poche) (French Edition) (Mass Market Paperback)

C'est un critique sutile et amusant du systeme d'enseignement francais. Drole et enchante. Les aventures de Jeanne et son frere continue dans un autre livre.