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Paris Was Ours: Thirty-Two Writers Reflect on the City of Light
Edited by Penelope Rowlands
#UE4982
Paperback, 276 pages; 2011
$15.95
…the real Paris, as I now see it, the world capital of memory and desire, the ineffably beautiful Paris of pure, eternal childhood yearning. --Marcelle Clements
Warning: You may feel an uncontrollable urge to move to Paris after reading this book! While these thirty-two mini memoirs of writers who relocated to Paris include vivid descriptions of destitute living circumstances, disastrous cultural misunderstandings, and periods of crippling melancholy, the seductive nature of the City of Light sparkles through each and every essay. Francophiles will devour these humorous, insightful, and very personal reflections on Parisian living from David Sedaris, Diane Johnson, Véronique Vienne, Joe Queenan, and many more celebrated authors.
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