ESSAY text by FRÉDÉRIC BEIGBEDER artwork by AMANDA WALL The well-known french literary critic, television and radio journalist, and prize-winning novelist (love lasts three years, windows on the world, and a french novel) frédéric beigbeder is a long-time friend of purple. This is his first essay for the magazine. Is there a French way of loving? After all, Americans use “French kiss” for pelle, palot, or galoche. Making out with your mouth wide open and your tongue out like a writhing snake is known the world over as a French invention. Often the most disgusting things have French names: les French fries, le French toast, and the French letter (le préservatif). Personnellement, I can’t have sex without French kissing. To begin this article with much fanfare and franglais, it seems the French have a bad reputation. It’s a cliché, but not fake news: in France, love is more important than…