Pierre Daninos (1913–2005)
Author of Les Carnets du Major W. Marmaduke Thompson
About the Author
Image credit: Scanned from back cover of Penguin 2307.
Series
Works by Pierre Daninos
Sonia 3 copies
Daninoscope 3 copies
Obras 3 copies
Na mó de baixo 2 copies
Mia moglie dall'A alla Z.: Mio piccolo Larousse ovvero Dizionario dei mali comuni ; Copertina di Walti (1956) 2 copies
TOUT SONIA 1 copy
Savoir-vivre international : code de la susceptibilité et des bons usages à travers le monde (le Monde en couleurs, les livres de l'élite touristique) 1 copy, 1 review
Grados descendentes 1 copy
Iz dnevnika gospoda Boga 1 copy
L'éternel second 1 copy
Život se Soňou 1 copy
Sonia, Je T'Adore 1 copy
Associated Works
Het Beste Boek 39: Majoor Thompson in Frankrijk / Spel met de dood / En toen gebeurde het / De wandelstok (1968) — Author — 2 copies, 1 review
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1913-05-26
- Date of death
- 2005-01-07
- Gender
- male
- Occupations
- writer
humourist - Organizations
- Le Figaro
- Nationality
- France
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Places of residence
- Paris, France
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Map Location
- France
- Associated Place (for map)
- Paris, France
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Reviews
L'autore immagina di essere un inglese (il maggiore W. Marmaduke Thompson) che riflette sugli usi e costumi dei francesi.
Not for me (at least at this time).
Written in late 50s, a droll collection of stories/commentaries as to a range of day to day circumstances, many of which center on interactions with the narrator's wife Sonia and their children.
examples?
- how it is that whatever queue you get on, it is always the slowest?
- how is it that whenever you are telling of a disaster (car accident or whatever) someone has to come up with their own story that tops your own , even at times interrupting you so you show more cannot not even get to your own punch line?
- how is that you can never take a god photo, even if doing exactly what others insist you do?
I more dipped in and out rather than read as a whole.
There are too many other more alluring books out there to spend any more time on this one for my liking.
But the blurb did say the author was also "the creator of the imperishable Major Thompson" (imperishable?...I do hope they have the right translaation (from the French) there) of which I have a few examples in Penguin numbered, so I try them to see if they travel better.
Big Ship
18 October 2018 show less
Written in late 50s, a droll collection of stories/commentaries as to a range of day to day circumstances, many of which center on interactions with the narrator's wife Sonia and their children.
examples?
- how it is that whatever queue you get on, it is always the slowest?
- how is it that whenever you are telling of a disaster (car accident or whatever) someone has to come up with their own story that tops your own , even at times interrupting you so you show more cannot not even get to your own punch line?
- how is that you can never take a god photo, even if doing exactly what others insist you do?
I more dipped in and out rather than read as a whole.
There are too many other more alluring books out there to spend any more time on this one for my liking.
But the blurb did say the author was also "the creator of the imperishable Major Thompson" (imperishable?...I do hope they have the right translaation (from the French) there) of which I have a few examples in Penguin numbered, so I try them to see if they travel better.
Big Ship
18 October 2018 show less
L'autore immagina di essere un inglese (il maggiore W. Marmaduke Thompson) che riflette sugli usi e costumi dei francesi.
L'autore immagina di essere un inglese (il maggiore W. Marmaduke Thompson) che riflette sugli usi e costumi dei francesi.
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Statistics
- Works
- 64
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 746
- Popularity
- #34,062
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 19
- ISBNs
- 79
- Languages
- 5