French
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Sports
The Present and Future of French Tennis
Men’s tennis in France isn’t what it used to be. But the veteran Adrian Mannarino is still winning, and the teenager Arthur Fils is quickly finding his form.
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World
Marie NDiaye Raises Questions She Has No Intention of Answering
She published her first book at 17 and has since become one of France’s best-known novelists. NDiaye is not interested in easy — and she expects her readers to work, too.
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World
After France Bans Short Domestic Flights, It’s Business as Usual
A decree formalizing the measure, which was passed in 2021, is riddled with exceptions. Critics call its effect symbolic, at best.
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News
Restaurant Yuu, an Omakase With a French Approach, Opens in Brooklyn
More French bistro cooking in the West Village, all you can eat Thai in Queens, and more restaurant news.
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News
How to Make a Simple Roast Chicken, According to a French Mom
Featuring butter, tarragon and Cognac, this reader-submitted recipe is simple, sophisticated and utterly stunning, Melissa Clark writes.
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Books
Pablo Picasso, the Pariah of Paris
As Annie Cohen-Solal shows in “Picasso the Foreigner,” the Spanish master was always under suspicion in France, simply for being not-French.
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World
Fight Over Retirement in France Is a Question of Identity
Resistance to the government’s plan to push back the retirement age is not just about working longer. It springs from a deep sense of what defines France as a nation.
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Books
‘Pacifiction’ Review: Trouble in Paradise
Albert Serra’s languorous new film is a dreamy meditation on post-colonial geopolitics.
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Newyork
Inclusive or Alienating? The Language Wars Go On
Before the millions of views, the subsequent ridicule and finally the earnest apology, The Associated Press Stylebook practically oozed good intentions in its tweet last week: “We recommend avoiding general and often dehumanizing ‘the’ labels such as ...
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Newyork
Are French People Just Lazy?
France has been gripped recently by a wave of strikes and demonstrations — protesters old and young, rural and urban, progressive and conservative, blue and white collar, all taking to the streets to protest their government’s effort to nudge the ...