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From: The Independent - London
Date: 20021012
Author:Stuart Price

The annual worldwide celebration of French literary culture kicks off in London this week, with readings, debates and films exploring the talent of Emile Zola, who died 100 years ago, as well as contemporary comic-strip art. Professor Colette Becker assesses Zola's modernity, while two film adaptations of La Bete Humaine, by Jean Renoir (1938) and Fritz Lang (1954), receive screenings on Thursday. The sessions on comic-book art open with Francois Riviere and Floc'h (Sir Francis Albany and Olivia Sturgess, left) talking about their vision of Britain. Elsewhere, the cartoonist Posy Simmonds ...

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