BOOKS
WRITTEN BY RESIDENTS OF LES CONTAMINES-MONTJOIE
Les Contamines-Montjoie...
“ Les Contamines en Confidences” by Abbot
Babaz.
(out of print)
“Les Contamines au fil du Temps” by
Christine Barbier.
Published by Edimontagne. July 1999.
As time goes by and the seasons play out their changing
drama against the décor of baroque churches and miraculous
testimonials engraved in stone, Les Contamines-Montjoie
invites you to discover the intimate life of a village
and its inhabitants.
“Les Contamines au début du siècle” by
Ségolène Jacqueau.
Photos by the amateur photographer Doctor Ancelet.
Thanks to the combination of his two passions, the
village of Les Contamines-Montjoie and photography, Dr Ancelet
has left us an irreplaceable account of life in Les
Contamines-Montjoie at the start of the century.
Le Mont-Blanc...
“Mémoires du Mont Blanc
d’antan” by Albert Mermoud.
Published by the author. November 2001.
In a sweeping historical panorama, this book relates
how mankind has left his mark on this grandiose natural
environment, as beautiful as it is indomitable.
“Les Mots de la Montagne autour
du Mont-Blanc” by Hubert Bessat and Claudette
Germi.
Editions Littéraires
et Linguistiques of the University of Grenoble.
1991.
By studying the vocabulary of the mountains in
the French spoken by the communities nestled under
the Mont-Blanc (which is both a factor of unity and
diversity), the authors introduce us to the extremely
rich regional lexicon encountered around this legendary
mountain.
“Lieux en Mémoire de l’Alpe” by
Hubert Bessat and Claudette Germi.
Editions Littéraires et Linguistiques of the
University of Grenoble. 1993.
After the recollections of the patois gathered from
the local French dialect of “Mots de la Montagne
autour du Mont-Blanc”, Hubert Bessat and Claudette
Germi invite us to discover a realm of legendary
renown, but which was rarely explored in such details:
the realm of place names hitherto known only to the
mountains’ shepherds and hunters.
“Les Noms du Paysage Alpin” by
Hubert Bessat and Claudette Germi.
Editions Littéraires et Linguistiques of the
University of Grenoble. 2001.
Hubert Bessat and Claudette Germi have given us a
toponymic atlas of the French side of the Alpine
Arc. A hundred or so maps, essentially devoted to
relief and water, situate the most common geographical
names found in this region that partakes of two distinct
linguistic heritages: Franco-Provençal and
Alpine Langue d’oc or Occitan.
“Les Noms du Patrimoine Alpin” by
Hubert Bessat and Claudette Germi.
Editions Littéraires et Linguistiques of the
University of Grenoble. 2004.
Hubert Bessat and Claudette Germi explore the more
frequently fluctuating field of place names related
to human activity and the history of the Alpine civilisation.
Fiction...
“Rendez-vous à San Marco” by
Christine Barbier.
Published by L’Harmattan.
The sensual and impressionistic writing of “Rendez-vous à San
Marco”, submerges us in a timeless dream, filled
with sounds, smells and sensations. Illusion blends
with reality enveloping us in the magic of the City
of the Doges. Where do dreams begin? In Venice, carnival
masks, the play of light and shadow and an unbearable
lightness of being, draw us closer to our inner selves
and to our dreams...
All these books are available at the Merlin
bookstore in Les Contamines-Montjoie.
Tel.:+ 33 (0)4 50 47 06 67 |
