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[The novel Le Divorce] wants to appeal to our latent Francophobia. The French eat vile things. They are still very much into fur and hide. They are ridiculously involved with their cheese and wine, their old plates and antique chairs. They retain a formidable alterity. (Neil Schmitz, “The Toast of France Meets the White Bread of American Women,” Buffalo News, 2/9/1997.)