French Literature in Argot: Forty Writers Translated

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Robert Giraud Moisan. L'Académie d'argot. Paris: Éditions Denoël, 1971. Cardboard binding with minor wear to headbands. 19 cm × 28 cm. 167 pages. A comprehensive work by Robert Giraud presenting forty texts by French authors translated into argot (slang), featuring works by Arland, Aymé, Beauvoir, Buffet, Cesbron, Chevalier, Cocteau, Dorgelès, Druon, Duras, Gautier, Genevoix, Giono, Guimard, Jouhandeau, Kessel, Lanoux, Mac Orlan, Mallet-Joris, Malraux, Marceau, Mauriac, Maurois, Plisnier, Prévert, Queneau, Rabiniaux, Rey, Robbe-Grillet, Rochefort, Romains, Sabatier, Sagan, Salmon, Sartre, Schwartz-Bart, Simenon, Vailland, Vian, and Vidalie. Black and white illustrations by Moisan printed separately.