| Description |
248 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
The literary Left Bank. The Latin Quarter ; Saint Germain-des-Prés ; The Faubourg Saint-Germain and the Eiffel Tower ; Montparnasse -- The river and the islands. The Seine ; Île de la Cité ; Île Saint-Louis -- The literary Right Bank. The Marais and the Bastille ; The heart of the Right Bank ; Montmartre ; The Beaux Quartiers -- A few places around Paris. |
| Summary |
"Literary detective David Burke explores the most creative quartiers of the City of Light - the Latin Quarter and the Marais, raffish Montmartre, "Lost Generation" Montparnasse, and others - and tracks down the haunts of dozens of the world's finest and most colorful writers in this unique look at literature's greatest city." "From native Parisians such as Moliere and Marcel Proust to expatriates like Henry Miller and Samuel Beckett, Writers in Paris follows their artistic struggles and miraculous breakthroughs, along with the splendors and miseries of their invariably complicated personal lives. Burke also pinpoints key places in the lives of fictional characters, including Gargantua's ribald visit to the towers of Notre Dame and Vladimir and Estragon's wobbly first step onto the stage of an obscure little Left Bank theater." "With maps, descriptions, and more than one hundred photographs, Writers in Paris is a fascinating, fresh way of looking at the city and its unparalleled role in literature, for lovers of Paris and literary history alike."--Publisher description. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Paris (France) -- Intellectual life.
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Paris (France) -- Social life and customs.
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Creative writing.
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Creative writing. (OCoLC)fst00882489
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Intellectual life. (OCoLC)fst00975769
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Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
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France -- Paris.
(OCoLC)fst01205283
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| Genre/Form |
Literature. (OCoLC)fst01921716
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Literature.
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| ISBN |
9781593761578 |
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1593761570 |
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9781582435855 |
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1582435855 |
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