Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PARIS — In France, there is only one Karin Viard. She is not as famous abroad as other French actresses – think Marion Cotillard, ...

David Foenkinos (born 28 October 1974) is a French author and screenwriter. He studied literature and music in Paris. His novel La délicatesse is a bestseller in France. A film based on the book was ...

When a romantic novel by a dead Frenchman who ran the local pizzeria is discovered in a small town in Brittany, it becomes a crazy success. That's the premise of David Foenkinos's most recent novel, ...

Perhaps the directors of Audrey Tautou’s new film are closeted cultural theorists. Perhaps they read a bit of Derrida or Foucault while working on the script. Or maybe David and Stéphane ...

Why yet another book about a victim of Nazi oppression? Do we not have enough in the way of memoirs, histories, biographies and novels? The simple answer to that question is No - not on the evidence ...

Since the creation of cinema, humankind has debated the eternal question: Which is better, the book or the movie? In the case of French novelist and screenwriter David Foenkinos' book Delicacy, the ...

Hmph. Not only do French women never get fat but they apparently also grieve more fetchingly than we do. In "Delicacy," by Parisian author David Foenkinos, a breathtaking young woman named Natalie is ...

This week in Paris des Arts, we meet a bestselling author from the French literary scene: David Foenkinos. In his new book, "Tout le monde aime Clara" ("Everybody loves Clara"), he explores his ...

PARIS — In France, there is only one Karin Viard. She is not as famous abroad as other French actresses – think Marion Cotillard, Isabelle Huppert. But in her native land, she rates not only as France ...

Jeff Glor talks to David Foenkinos about "Delicacy." Jeff Glor: What inspired you to write the book? David Foenkinos: It's not autobiographical, since I am neither Swedish nor a widow! The idea of ...