Description
| Product ID: | 9780008588991 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CN |
| Series: | Literary Landscapes |
| Title: | Literary Landscapes: Paris |
| Authors: | Author: Dominic Bliss |
| Page Count: | 160 |
| Subjects: | Architecture: public, commercial and industrial buildings, Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial, etc, History of architecture, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary companions, book reviews and guides, Fiction companions, Adult literacy guides and handbooks, Local history, Travel guides: museums, historic sites, galleries etc, Classic travel writing, History of architecture, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary companions, book reviews & guides, Fiction companions, Adult literacy guides & handbooks, Local history, Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides, Classic travel writing |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating From Voltaire to Verlaine and from Hugo to Hemingway, these are the Paris locations that have influenced modern literature. From Voltaire to Verlaine and from Hugo to Hemingway, these are the Paris locations that have influenced modern literature.The book is an elegant photographic stroll around the bookshops, famous literary restaurants and storied streets of Europe’s favourite tourist destination.Literary Landscapes: Paris takes this major European city and with picture perfect photography, compiles an album of memorable views linked to the words of Parisian authors, or writers who made Paris their home. It looks at places where books were written, discussed over dinner, and where ultimately the books are sold.There are the theatres of Molière, Dumas and Beaumarchais along with the incredible Palais Garnier opera house and the legend of Le Fantome by Gaston Leroux.There are the revered bookshops of the Latin Quarter including the idiosyncratic Shakespeare & Co.There are the classic grand structures referenced in Victor Hugo novels (and still there) or the mean streets of George Orwell’s Down and Out in Paris.There are the famous cafes where authors gathered and wrote, or where artists and philosophers argued: Les Deux Magots, Café de Flore, Le Procope, La Closerie des Lilas, Prunier, Le Dôme, La Rotonde and Le Select.There are the bouquinistes ranged in their green booths along the Seine, as once tended by Jean Genet. And there is the classic expatriate Paris of Joyce, Stein, Wilde, Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Beat poets.Literary Landscapes: Paris takes readers on an exclusive cultural journey, introduced by one of the city’s most engaging tourist guides. |
| Imprint Name: | Pavilion |
| Publisher Name: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-02-02 |
