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Two Lives: Gertrude and Alice
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This short book rounds out a few pieces of the Gertrude/Alice relationship. I liked the way she gives a flavor of Stein's first book, relieving me of any desire to read it myself. Malcolm is a good writer and she touches on subjects relating to her own drama being sued for fabricating quotations and she inserts her own biases as in, "Wills are uncanny ... »
A Moveable Feast
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In the preface to A Moveable Feast, Hemingway remarks casually that "if the reader prefers, this book may be regarded as fiction"--and, indeed, fact or fiction, it doesn't matter, for his slim memoir of Paris in the 1920s is as enchanting as anything made up and has become the stuff of legend. Paris in the '20s! Hemingway and his first wife, Had... »
True Pleasures: A Memoir of Women in Paris
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I read this book when I needed inspiration - and I found it here. Not only does the author provide insight into the lives of fabulous and famous women, she provides insight into her own life and how experiences in Paris influenced and shaped her. The book provides the perfect balance between historical facts, personal insight and the joys of life in ... »
The Practice of Diaspora: Literature, Translati
The Banquet Years: The Origins of the Avant-Gar
Shattuck's book is astounding, lyrically written and effectively framed with detailed discussions of the Parisian political and social scene around the Be... »
Paris Was Yesterday, 1925-1939
Janet Flanner's dry sense of humor, combined with her keen reportage, make this a great read on your flight to Paris, or to just pick up and read now and ... »
The Burden of Responsibility: Blum, Camus, Aron
Intellectuals, virtually by definition, are expected to think for themselves. But the spectacle of intellectuals subordinating their independence of mind ... »
Into a Paris Quartier
This book is absolutely marvelous! Especially for those who travel to Paris and like to stay in the St. Germain des Pres district, as I do. Ms. Johnson ... »
Paris Journal, 1944-1955
Flanner (nom de plume: GenA t), a former New Yorker essayist and who lived in Paris for many years, describes the cultural and social life of Paris in the... »
"The Beautiful Language of My Century": Reinven
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