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Author Sciolino, Elaine, author.

Title The only street in Paris : life on the Rue des Martyrs / Elaine Sciolino.

Publication Info. New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2016]

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  944.36 SCIOLINO    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  944.36 SCI    Storage
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  944 SCI    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  944.36 SCIOLINO    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  944.361 SCI    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  944.36 SC65    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  914.436 SEI    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  944.36 SCIOLINO    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  944.361 SCI    DUE 04-06-24
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  944.36 SCIOLINO    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description xiii, 294 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [283]-294)
Contents The perfect street -- Searching for home -- Is fish necessary? -- Hidden in plain sight -- Wedding the crowd -- Now, this is butter! -- To catch a mouse -- The meaning of martyrdom -- Some of my favorite ghosts -- The knife sharpener -- Guess who's coming to passover? -- The murdered schoolgirls -- Cheaper than a psychiatrist -- In celebration of books -- The artisan with the golden touch -- Minister of the night -- The dive -- The Flying House of the Virgin Mary -- A street fit for a pope -- Le kale américain est arrivé! -- The resurrection of fish -- Le potluck.
Summary Offers a tribute to one Paris street, the Rue des Martyrs, exploring its rich history and the varied lives of those who live there.
"Part memoir, part travelogue, part love letter to the people who live and work on a magical street in Paris. Elaine Sciolino, the former Paris bureau chief for the New York Times, invites us on a tour of her favorite Parisian street, offering an homage to street life and the pleasures of Parisian living. 'I can never be sad on the rue des Martyrs,' Sciolino explains, as she celebrates the neighborhood's rich history and vibrant lives. While many cities suffer from the leveling effects of globalization, the rue des Martyrs maintains its distinct allure. On this street, the patron saint of France was beheaded and the Jesuits took their first vows. It was here that Edgar Degas and Pierre-Auguste Renoir painted circus acrobats, Émile Zola situated a lesbian dinner club in his novel Nana, and François Truffaut filmed scenes from The 400 Blows. Sciolino reveals the charms and idiosyncrasies of this street and its longtime residents--the Tunisian greengrocer, the husband-and-wife cheesemongers, the showman who's been running a transvestite cabaret for more than half a century, the owner of a hundred-year-old bookstore, the woman who repairs eighteenth-century mercury barometers--bringing Paris alive in all of its unique majesty. The Only Street in Paris will make readers hungry for Paris, for cheese and wine, and for the kind of street life that is all too quickly disappearing"--Provided by publisher.
Subject Rue des Martyrs (Paris, France)
Sciolino, Elaine -- Homes and haunts -- France -- Paris.
Streets -- France -- Paris.
Neighborhoods -- France -- Paris.
Street life -- France -- Paris.
Paris (France) -- Social life and customs.
Americans -- France -- Paris -- Biography.
Jewish women -- France -- Paris -- Biography.
Paris (France) -- Description and travel.
Paris (France) -- Biography.
Sciolino, Elaine. (OCoLC)fst00283689
Americans. (OCoLC)fst00807488
Homes. (OCoLC)fst01353235
Jewish women. (OCoLC)fst00983062
Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
Neighborhoods. (OCoLC)fst01715963
Street life. (OCoLC)fst01134686
Streets. (OCoLC)fst01134794
Travel. (OCoLC)fst01155558
France -- Paris. (OCoLC)fst01205283
France -- Paris -- Rue des Martyrs. (OCoLC)fst01905716
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
ISBN 9780393242379 (hardcover)
0393242374 (hardcover)
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