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Posted on June 20, 2016May 30, 2017

French Literature and me, in GIFs

Reading Nina George’s The Little Paris Bookshop earlier this month got me thinking about my relationship with French literature. Nothing distills complex emotional responses quite like a GIF...

Reading Nina George’s The Little Paris BookshopReading The Little Paris Bookshop recently got me thinking about my relationship with French literature. I have distilled it into GIFs, for ease of reference. earlier this month got me thinking about my relationship with French literature. Which is perhaps best summarized as, “It’s complicated.”

Nothing distills complex, at times ambivalent, at times frustrating, at times enchanting emotional responses quite like a GIF. Am I right?

Let’s begin! Continue reading “French Literature and me, in GIFs”

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