Given the fact that nothing in life ever manages to live up to anything in French fiction read as a young man in Paris, not badly.

He talked of German philosophy and of French fiction.

I prefer American fiction to French fiction.

French fantastic fiction is predominantly within the low fantasy genre.

Still, if the success of foreign writers reflects the uninspired state of French fiction today, they may also contribute to its revival.

So what, if anything, does this say about the current state of French fiction?

This film won the Prix Michel-d'Ornano for the best work of French fiction.

The distinction is a familiar one by now, especially to readers of French fiction from Flaubert to the New Novelists and beyond.

The grisette as part of the bohemian sub-culture was a frequent character in French fiction of the time.

Her fifth, Hotaru, won the 2005 Governor General's Award for French fiction.