romans

This was the book that signaled most clearly Simenon's ambition to go beyond his Inspector Maigret novels into the pitiless world of what he called his romans durs, or hard novels.

International Crime Fiction Geoffrey O'Brien 2010

Tropic Moon (Coup de lune) [*] is the first of Georges Simenon's novels to be set outside Europe, and it is also among the first and best of his serious novels, those he called romans durs in order to distinguish them from the hundreds of genre fictions he produced, the romans populaires that were making him rich and world famous, including his psychological crime thrillers and the titles in the Inspec-tor Maigret series.

Heart of Darkness Rush, Norman 2005

I wonder what the pagans and arabs called the romans, was it roman? what do we call the romans?

Learn Chinese - ChinesePod 2009

I wonder what the pagans and arabs called the romans, was it roman? what do we call the romans?

Learn Chinese - ChinesePod 2009

Those novels were popularly known as romans noirs although the phrase has been earlier used by academics and literary critics to designate nineteenth-century British Gothic novels.

No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

Those novels were popularly known as romans noirs although the phrase has been earlier used by academics and literary critics to designate nineteenth-century British Gothic novels.

No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

Those novels were popularly known as romans noirs although the phrase has been earlier used by academics and literary critics to designate nineteenth-century British Gothic novels.

No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

Those novels were popularly known as romans noirs although the phrase has been earlier used by academics and literary critics to designate nineteenth-century British Gothic novels.

No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

The romans are the MOST un-Biblical group around! ...

Gay/Lesbian Forum 2010

His novels about love, friendship, family, childhood and loneliness—sprinkled with the supernatural—are dismissed by the French literary establishment as romans de plage novels for the beach.

French Author Marc Levy on Failing, Starting Anew Lennox Morrison 2011