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- ↑ "Essais: Lauréats". Prix Médicis: Site officiel (in French). 13 May 2013. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
- ↑ The temptation of innocence : living in the age of entitlement. OCLC 488549735 . Retrieved 2015-11-30– via WorldCat.
- ↑ "Nonfiction Book Review: The Temptation of Innocence: Living in the Age of Entitlement by Pascal Bruckner". Publishers Weekly . 2000-10-30. Retrieved 2015-11-30.