What's the French Comics Canon? What are the books it's assumed everyone has read if you read French comics? I've gone through this list, but doesn't really tell you which are held in esteem or are big touchstones/turning points. My reading french is at or near elementary level - short sentences are fine, huge philosophical paragraphs less so.
posted by The Whelk on Jan 4, 2011 - 16 answers

Please help me identify this French novel! [more inside]
posted by nonmerci on May 15, 2008 - 3 answers

What's the name of this French novel (and who wrote it)? [more inside]
posted by missed on Apr 28, 2006 - 6 answers

FrenchYoungAdultFictionFilter: back in the early 1980's, I bought a contemporary novel at Brentano about a young French girl-woman. It was a paperback. [more inside]
posted by younggreenanne on Dec 24, 2005 - 6 answers