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Chargement... Five Nights in Paris: After Dark in the City of Lightpar John Baxter
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. I'm a sucker for anything about Paris, and I've read a couple of John Baxter's other books, so I was looking forward to a pleasant holiday read. Unfortunately, Mr. Baxter was phoning this one in and relied way too heavily on his tales of sexual weirdness for my taste. Don't waste your time. ( ) John Baxter takes on yet another tour of Paris, this time at night. Baxter spouts out story after story as he leads us around the city in the dark for five nights, using as his focus a different sense for each evening. His breadth of knowledge about Paris and its people is incredible; say a word and Baxter can chase around it for hours, I suspect. Know, going in, that many of his stories are on the steamy side; that seems to be Baxter's specialty. A perfect book for those of us who can't make it to Paris every year except through books. It usually takes me awhile to read non-fiction books. I usually take them in stride, savoring a little each day, before moving on to other more fast paced and action packed fiction. Mr. Baxter has yet to disappoint me. He lets me spend a few nights in Paris and dream of visiting one day. I have read a few other books by him and I enjoy his ambling prose that evoke a sense of nostalgia for a city I've never even stepped foot in. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
"An unforgettable nocturnal tour through five iconic Parisian neighborhoods by the bestselling author of The Most Beautiful Walk in the World"--"The preeminent expat writer on Paris and author of The Most Beautiful Walk in the World takes you on an unforgettable nocturnal stroll through five iconic Parisian neighborhoods and his own memories. John Baxter enchanted readers with his literary tour of Paris in The Most Beautiful Walk in the World. Now, this expat who has lived in the City of Light for more than twenty years introduces you to the city's streets after dark, revealing hidden treasures and unexpected delights. As he takes you through five of the city's greatest neighborhoods--Montmartre, Montparnasse, the Marais, and more--Baxter shares pithy anecdotes about his life in France, as well as fascinating knowledge he has gleaned from leading literary tours of the city by dark. With Baxter as your guide, you will discover the City of Light as never before, walking in the ghostly footsteps of Marcel Proust, the quintessential night owl for whom memory was more vivid than reality; Hungarian photographer Gyula Halász, known as Brassai, who prowled the midnight streets, camera in hand, with his friend Henry Miller; Louis Aragon and Philippe Soupault, who shared the Surrealists' taste for the city's shadowed, secret world; and Josephine Baker and other African-American performers who dazzled adventurous Parisians at late-night jazz clubs. A feast for the mind and the senses, Five Nights in Paris takes you through the haunts of Paris's most storied artists and writers to the scenes of its most infamous crimes in a lively off-the-beaten-path tour not found in any guidebook"-- Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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