French Book Wishlist Part 1

Here begins what I hope to be a weekly or biweekly feature on my blog, that is: French books that I really want to read and might even pay a lot of money to have them shipped to me in the USA!  I do plan on ordering at least a handful at the end of the year sometime.  Shipping will probably kill my wallet though..  Just a heads up, the little plot summaries I have with each book are not exact translations.  I just skimmed what they are about and put whatever caught my attention into my own words.

1. Les nuits de froides by Olivier Vigna

Okay I'm a bit brain dead this morning so pardon my uninterest in translating this book blurb right now. It's about 2 men, one in New York and one in Paris. I've read on a few French sites that the writing style of this book is really exquisite. It better be, because it's expensive but I still want this book! Basically I'm super excited and hope I can afford to have it shipped to the states. Otherwise the twin sis in France is bringing me home a copy! Do you hear me Heather?!

2. Alzabane l’oiseau de la lune by Jean-Sébastien Blanck

According to a little blurb I read on another blog, this book is about a bird and it's journey through the primitive world. The world is only a ball of gas inhabited by many beautiful birds. Alzabane, the bird, flies to the moon and becomes "the bird of the moon". He encounters other creatures and has quite an adventure. That sums it up I think. I could go to amazon.fr for a longer, more thorough synopsis, but I also don't feel like translating, LOL.

3. En attendant la montée des eaux by Maryse Condé

The first thing that drew me to this book was the cover. It looks like a beautiful watercolor painting that's kind of blurry, and there's the grass and the house. I heart covers like this. Plus, there's an Anais, and ever since reading Gouverneurs de la rosee, I've loved that name. At a quick glance, looks like the book takes place in Gaudeloupe and at least one of the characters is actually Haitian and in exile in Gaudeloupe. My kind of book.