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The Other Paris
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Author : Lucy Sante
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Release Date : 2015-10-27
The Other Paris written by Lucy Sante and has been published by Macmillan + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-27 with History categories.
A trip through Paris as it will never be again-dark and dank and poor and slapdash and truly bohemian Paris, the City of Light, the city of fine dining and seductive couture and intellectual hauteur, was until fairly recently always accompanied by its shadow: the city of the poor, the outcast, the criminal, the eccentric, the willfully nonconforming. In The Other Paris, Lucy Sante gives us a panoramic view of that second metropolis, which has nearly vanished but whose traces are in the bricks and stones of the contemporary city, in the culture of France itself, and, by extension, throughout the world. Drawing on testimony from a great range of witnesses-from Balzac and Hugo to assorted boulevardiers, rabble-rousers, and tramps-Sante, whose thorough research is matched only by the vividness of her narration, takes the reader on a whirlwind tour. Richly illustrated with more than three hundred images, The Other Paris scuttles through the knotted streets of pre-Haussmann Paris, through the improvised accommodations of the original bohemians, through the whorehouses and dance halls and hobo shelters of the old city. A lively survey of labor conditions, prostitution, drinking, crime, and popular entertainment, and of the reporters, réaliste singers, pamphleteers, and poets who chronicled their evolution, The Other Paris is a book meant to upend the story of the French capital, to reclaim the city from the bons vivants and the speculators, and to hold a light to the works and lives of those expunged from its center by the forces of profit.
The Other Paris
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Author : Mavis Gallant
language : en
Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1956 [c1955]
Release Date : 1956
The Other Paris written by Mavis Gallant and has been published by Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1956 [c1955] this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1956 with Europe categories.
The Other Paris
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Author : Mavis Gallant
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
Release Date : 1986
The Other Paris written by Mavis Gallant and has been published by Macmillan Reference USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Paris (France) categories.
Paris Stories
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Author : Mavis Gallant
language : en
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Release Date : 2011-04-27
Paris Stories written by Mavis Gallant and has been published by New York Review of Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-27 with Fiction categories.
A NEW YORK REVIEW BOOKS ORIGINAL Mavis Gallant is a contemporary legend, a frequent contributor to The New Yorkerfor close to fifty years who has, in the words of The New York Times, "radically reshaped the short story for decade after decade." Michael Ondaatje's new selection of Gallant's work gathers some of the most memorable of her stories set in Europe and Paris, where Gallant has long lived. Mysterious, funny, insightful, and heartbreaking, these are tales of expatriates and exiles, wise children and straying saints. Together they compose a secret history, at once intimate and panoramic, of modern times.
Paris Was Ours
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Author : Penelope Rowlands
language : en
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Release Date : 2011-02-08
Paris Was Ours written by Penelope Rowlands and has been published by Algonquin Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-08 with Travel categories.
Thirty-two writers share their observations and revelations about the world's most seductive city. "Whether you have lived in Paris or not, this captivating collection will transport you there." —National Geographic Traveler Paris is “the world capital of memory and desire,” concludes one of the writers in this intimate and insightful collection of memoirs of the city. Living in Paris changed these writers forever. In thirty-two personal essays—more than half of which are here published for the first time—the writers describe how they were seduced by Paris and then began to see things differently. They came to write, to cook, to find love, to study, to raise children, to escape, or to live the way it’s done in French movies; they came from the United States, Canada, and England; from Iran, Iraq, and Cuba; and—a few—from other parts of France. And they stayed, not as tourists, but for a long time; some are still living there. They were outsiders who became insiders, who here share their observations and revelations. Some are well-known writers: Diane Johnson, David Sedaris, Judith Thurman, Joe Queenan, and Edmund White. Others may be lesser known but are no less passionate on the subject. Together, their reflections add up to an unusually perceptive and multifaceted portrait of a city that is entrancing, at times exasperating, but always fascinating. They remind us that Paris belongs to everyone it has touched, and to each in a different way.
Paris By The Book
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Author : Liam Callanan
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2018-04-03
Paris By The Book written by Liam Callanan and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-03 with Fiction categories.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER A missing person, a grieving family, a curious clue: a half-finished manuscript set in Paris Once a week, I chase men who are not my husband. . . . When eccentric novelist Robert Eady abruptly vanishes, he leaves behind his wife, Leah, their daughters, and, hidden in an unexpected spot, plane tickets to Paris. Hoping to uncover clues--and her husband--Leah sets off for France with her girls. Upon their arrival, she discovers an unfinished manuscript, one Robert had been writing without her knowledge . . . and that he had set in Paris. The Eady girls follow the path of the manuscript to a small, floundering English-language bookstore whose weary proprietor is eager to sell. Leah finds herself accepting the offer on the spot. As the family settles into their new Parisian life, they trace the literary paths of some beloved Parisian classics, including Madeline and The Red Balloon, hoping more clues arise. But a series of startling discoveries forces Leah to consider that she may not be ready for what solving this mystery might do to her family--and the Paris she thought she knew. Charming, haunting, and triumphant, Paris by the Book follows one woman's journey as she writes her own story, exploring the power of family and the magic that hides within the pages of a book.
The Other Paris
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Author : Luc Sante
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2015-11-03
The Other Paris written by Luc Sante and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-03 with Travel categories.
Paris, the City of Light. We think of it as the city of the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre, of white façades, discreet traffic and well-mannered exchanges. But there was another Paris, hidden from view and virtually extinct today - the Paris of the working and criminal classes that shaped the city over the past two centuries. In the voices of Balzac and Hugo, assorted boulevardiers, barflies, rabble-rousers and tramps, Sante takes the reader on a vividjourney through the seamy underside of Paris: the improvised accommodations of the original bohemians; the flea markets, the rubbish tips, and the hovels. The Other Paris is a lively tour of labour conditions, prostitution, drinking, crime, and popular entertainment, of the reporters, réaliste singers, pamphleteers, serial novelists, and poets who chronicled their evolution. It upends the story of the French capital, reclaiming the city from the bon vivants and the speculators, and lighting a candle to the works and days of the forgotten poor.
The Factory Of Facts
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Author : Lucy Sante
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2012-09-12
The Factory Of Facts written by Lucy Sante and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-12 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The acclaimed author of Low Life reinvents the memoir in a cunning, lyrical book that is at once a personal history and a meditation on the construction of identity. Born in Belgium but raised in New Jersey, Lucy Sante transformed herself from a pious, timid Belgian child into a boisterous American adolescent, who eschewed French while fantasizing about the pop star Françoise Hardy. To show how this transformation came about--and why it remained incomplete--The Factory of Facts combines family anecdote and ancestral legend; detailed forays into Belgian history, language, and religion; and deft synopses of the American character.
Paris In Love
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Author : Eloisa James
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-05-29
Paris In Love written by Eloisa James and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-29 with Travel categories.
A New York Times Bestseller. After years of living vicariously through the heroines in her novels, bestselling author Eloisa James takes a leap that most of us can only daydream about. She sells her house, leaves her job as a Shakespeare professor, and packs her husband and two protesting children off to Paris. Grand plans are abandoned as she falls under the spell of daily life as a Parisienne exquisite food, long walks by the Seine, reading in bed, displays of effortless chic around every corner, and being reminded of what really matters in a place where people seem to kiss all the time. Against one of the world s most picturesque backdrops, she copes with her Italian husband s notions of quality time; her two hilarious children, ages eleven and fifteen, as they navigate schools not to mention puberty in a foreign language; and her formidable mother-in-law, Marina, who believes dogs should be fed prosciutto and wives should live in the kitchen. An irresistible love letter to a city that will make you want to head there, Paris in Love is also a joyful testament to the pleasures of savouring life.
Paris For One And Other Stories
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Author : Jojo Moyes
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2017-02-09
Paris For One And Other Stories written by Jojo Moyes and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-09 with Fiction categories.
ELEVEN ROMANTIC TALES TO WARM YOUR HEART, FROM THE AUTHOR OF ME BEFORE YOU, AFTER YOU AND STILL ME From the author of THE LAST LETTER FROM YOUR LOVER, now a major motion picture Nell's boyfriend has deserted her in Paris . . . alone in the most romantic city in the world, can she forget him to find herself? Eleven unmissable stories from the author of heart breaking Me Before You, including Paris for One - soon to be a major film - about Nell, deserted by her boyfriend minutes before setting off on a romantic weekend away, and a tale of the early days of two marriages, featuring Liv and Sophie from Jojo Moyes' bestselling romance The Girl You Left Behind. 'Funny, heart-warming and pure escapism' The Pool 'Like her peers David Nicholls and Marian Keyes, Moyes possesses the enviable gift of making the reader laugh' Independent on Sunday 'A beautiful read' Hello If you love reading Jojo Moyes and you want other readers like you to discover her books, then leave a review below . . .