| Paris and Elsewhere: Selected Writings Contributor(s): Cobb, Richard (Author), Barnes, Julian (Preface by) |
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ISBN: 1590170822 ISBN-13: 9781590170823 Publisher: New York Review of Books OUR PRICE: $20.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2004 Annotation: Perhaps no one loves France as much as the English--at least some of the English--and Richard Cobb, the incomparable Oxford historian of the French Revolution, was a passionate admirer of the country, a connoisseur of the low dive and the flophouse, as well as a longtime familiar of the quays of Paris and the docks of Le Havre and Marseille. Collecting memoirs, portraits of favorite haunts, appreciations of Simenon and Queneau, Rene Clair and Brassai, and including the famous polemic "The Assassination of Paris," "Paris and Elsewhere "shows us a France unglimpsed by tourists. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Essays & Travelogues - Travel | Europe - France |
| Dewey: 944.361 |
| LCCN: 2003027450 |
| Series: New York Review Books Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.02" W x 7.98" (0.79 lbs) 334 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - French |
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| Publisher Description: Perhaps no one loves France as much as the English--at least some of the English--and Richard Cobb, the incomparable Oxford historian of the French Revolution, was a passionate admirer of the country, a connoisseur of the low dive and the flophouse, as well as a longtime familiar of the quays of Paris and the docks of Le Havre and Marseille. Collecting memoirs, portraits of favorite haunts, appreciations of Simenon and Queneau, Rene Clair and Brassai, and including the famous polemic "The Assassination of Paris," Paris and Elsewhere shows us a France unglimpsed by tourists. |