La Grammaire Est Une Chanson Douce (French Edition) (Mass Market Paperback)

by E. Orsenna (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 135 pages
• Publisher: Livre de Poche (January 2, 2003)
• Language: French
• ISBN-10: 2253149101
• ISBN-13: 978-2253149101
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 4.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #165,541 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

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

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

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!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	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 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Really enjoyable & well written, January 20, 2004

By	Kathy Tang (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

I wish I read this book when I was learning French in High School. The story is fun and the concept is fresh. Since I am still learning French, I think I had to look up every 20 words or so in a dictionary. It was worth it.