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François Maspero (1932–2015)

Author of Les Passagers du Roissy-Express

35+ Works 234 Members 3 Reviews

About the Author

Francois Maspero has been a publisher and editor. He has written several novels and is the translator into French of such authors as Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Arturo Perez-Reverte.

Works by François Maspero

Cat's Grin (1984) 46 copies, 1 review
Les Passagers du Roissy-Express (1990) 46 copies, 1 review
Les Abeilles et la Guêpe (2002) 22 copies, 1 review
Balkans-Transit (1997) 18 copies
Le Temps des italiens (1994) 14 copies
France: A Traveler's Literary Companion (2008) — Contributor — 12 copies
Le Figuier (1988) 7 copies
L'honneur de Saint-Arnaud (1993) 5 copies
Le vol de la mésange (2006) 4 copies
Plage noire (la) (1995) 4 copies
Le Procès Régis Debray (1968) 2 copies

Associated Works

The Shadow of the Wind (2001) — Translator, some editions — 30,958 copies, 1,107 reviews
The Prince of Mist (1993) — Translator, some editions — 2,601 copies, 113 reviews
The Queen of the South (2002) — Translator, some editions; Translator, some editions — 2,534 copies, 61 reviews
Marina (1999) — Traduction, some editions — 2,305 copies, 126 reviews
The Midnight Palace (1994) — Traduction, some editions — 1,442 copies, 61 reviews
The Watcher in the Shadows (2005) — Translator, some editions — 1,096 copies, 24 reviews
No Word from Gurb (1990) — Traduction, some editions — 1,074 copies, 29 reviews
La aventura del tocador de señoras (2001) — Traduction, some editions — 531 copies, 15 reviews
Insurgent Mexico (1914) — Translator, some editions — 415 copies, 5 reviews
Little Indiscretions (1998) — Translator, some editions — 395 copies, 12 reviews
The Good Servant (2003) — Traduction, some editions — 54 copies, 1 review
Voices From a Time (2003) — some editions — 14 copies
The Shadow of the Wind | De schaduw van de wind stadsgids (2007) — Traduction, some editions — 10 copies

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3 reviews
Fantastic cover design: wicked Cheshire-type cat and Eiffel Tower.
Le récit d'une vie marquée par ses combats et ses engagements et où le
passé dialogue avec le présent.

> Un article sur le site Fluctuat : Les abeilles et la guêpe

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Works
35
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Members
234
Popularity
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Rating
4.0
Reviews
3
ISBNs
55
Languages
5

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