Untold Paris
Autor John Baxteren Limba Engleză Hardback – 25 iun 2024
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780711296589
ISBN-10: 0711296588
Pagini: 208
Ilustrații: 50 colour illustrations
Dimensiuni: 172 x 228 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.65 kg
Editura: Quarto
Colecția Frances Lincoln
ISBN-10: 0711296588
Pagini: 208
Ilustrații: 50 colour illustrations
Dimensiuni: 172 x 228 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.65 kg
Editura: Quarto
Colecția Frances Lincoln
Notă biografică
John Baxter was born in Australia but has lived in Paris for the past 30 years. He has published biographies of Federico Fellini, Luis Buñuel, Steven Spielberg, Woody Allen, Stanley Kubrick, George Lucas and Robert De Niro, as well many books about life in France, including the classic The Most Beautful Walk in the World: A Pedestrian in Paris and the award-winning The Perfect Meal: In Search of the Lost Tastes of France. When not writing, John leads literary walking tours of Paris.
Cuprins
NOTRE DAME. DEATH AND RESURRECTION
TAKING THE WATERS: TO SWIM OR NOT TO SWIM?
ERNEST HEMINGWAY. THE TELLER OR THE TALE?
LEAGUES, MILES AND THE FOOT OF HERCULES. THE FIGHT FOR METRICATION.
THE 1924 OLYMPICS. FASTER, HIGHER, STRONGER....MEANER.
THE RED VIRGIN OF MONTMARTRE. THE COMMUNE
DIANA, DODI, DAVID AND THE DUCHESS: BRITISH ROYALS IN PARIS
SERVICE COMPRIS: TO TIP OR NOT TO TIP?
RATS. THE SECRET CITIZENS.
GUESS WHERE I'M WRITING THIS? CAFÉS AND LITERATURE.
BLISS WAS IT IN THAT DAWN TO BE ALIVE:VIVE LA REVOLUTION!
GOING....GOING....: SELLING THE PAST.
TOWARDS A WHITE PARIS: THE MALRAUX LAW.
THE LEFT HAND OF TOURISM: CRIME IN THE CRAZY YEARS.
JOHNNY: NO DIRECTION HOME.
FEY AND DRUNKEN. RAYMOND AND ISADORA DUNCAN.
KINGS' CAKES AND NUNS' FARTS: THE ART OF FRENCH PASTRY.
SOME MURDERERS.
DANCING IN THE STREETS: BUSKERS, BEGGARS AND MIMES.
THE GERMAN OCCUPATION: JACK BOOTS AND JAZZ.
DON'T EAT THE FEET: THE ORTOLAN.
BEAUTY IN THE STREETS. 1968 AND ITS EVENEMENTS.
THE SLOWEST FOOD OF ALL : SNAILS
PURVEYORS OF PLEASURE: THE GIRL IN THE CHAMPAGNE BATH.
IF I CAN MAKE IT THERE...: ART IN THE AIR.
BELGIAN BLOCKS AND HAUSSMANN COBBLES.
WHITE NIGHTS: EXPLORING PARIS AFTER DARK.
A TOWER TOO FAR. EIFFEL AND HIS MONUMENT.
TENNIS. ROLAND GARROS AND THE RED GAME.
SHAKEN, NOT STIRRED: THE RISE OF LE COCTEL.
PALACE OF THE PENIS: ART NOUVEAU
PÉTANQUE. THE FRENCH GAME.
THROUGH OUTER SPACE TO ALPHAVILLE: JEAN-LUC GODARD
WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN? THE OPÉRA AND ITS PHANTOM
AN ARTIFICIAL PARADISE. OPIUM.
THEY ALSO SERVE: WAITERS AND WAITING.
THE SLICE OF LIFE: BREAD AND HISTORY.
LE JAZZ HOT. OR NOT?
EVERYBODY OUGHT TO HAVE A MAID.
IF THERE'S NO GOD, WHO INVENTED CHOCOLATE?
DOGS, AND WHAT THEY LEAVE BEHIND.
MÉTRO BOULOT DODO: LEARNING TO LOVE THE MÉTRO
LE BEAUJOLAIS NOUVEAU EST ARRIVÉE!
NAKED AS NATURE INTENDED. THE FRENCH AND NATURISM.
FRENCH VS. ENGLISH. WAR OF THE WORDS
THE LATE LAMENTED. THE FRENCH AND FUNERALS
TO LIVE AND DIE BY THE SWORD. DUELLING AND DUELLISTS.
A HORSEMAN ON A TOMATO : SURREALISM
TAKING THE WATERS: TO SWIM OR NOT TO SWIM?
ERNEST HEMINGWAY. THE TELLER OR THE TALE?
LEAGUES, MILES AND THE FOOT OF HERCULES. THE FIGHT FOR METRICATION.
THE 1924 OLYMPICS. FASTER, HIGHER, STRONGER....MEANER.
THE RED VIRGIN OF MONTMARTRE. THE COMMUNE
DIANA, DODI, DAVID AND THE DUCHESS: BRITISH ROYALS IN PARIS
SERVICE COMPRIS: TO TIP OR NOT TO TIP?
RATS. THE SECRET CITIZENS.
GUESS WHERE I'M WRITING THIS? CAFÉS AND LITERATURE.
BLISS WAS IT IN THAT DAWN TO BE ALIVE:VIVE LA REVOLUTION!
GOING....GOING....: SELLING THE PAST.
TOWARDS A WHITE PARIS: THE MALRAUX LAW.
THE LEFT HAND OF TOURISM: CRIME IN THE CRAZY YEARS.
JOHNNY: NO DIRECTION HOME.
FEY AND DRUNKEN. RAYMOND AND ISADORA DUNCAN.
KINGS' CAKES AND NUNS' FARTS: THE ART OF FRENCH PASTRY.
SOME MURDERERS.
DANCING IN THE STREETS: BUSKERS, BEGGARS AND MIMES.
THE GERMAN OCCUPATION: JACK BOOTS AND JAZZ.
DON'T EAT THE FEET: THE ORTOLAN.
BEAUTY IN THE STREETS. 1968 AND ITS EVENEMENTS.
THE SLOWEST FOOD OF ALL : SNAILS
PURVEYORS OF PLEASURE: THE GIRL IN THE CHAMPAGNE BATH.
IF I CAN MAKE IT THERE...: ART IN THE AIR.
BELGIAN BLOCKS AND HAUSSMANN COBBLES.
WHITE NIGHTS: EXPLORING PARIS AFTER DARK.
A TOWER TOO FAR. EIFFEL AND HIS MONUMENT.
TENNIS. ROLAND GARROS AND THE RED GAME.
SHAKEN, NOT STIRRED: THE RISE OF LE COCTEL.
PALACE OF THE PENIS: ART NOUVEAU
PÉTANQUE. THE FRENCH GAME.
THROUGH OUTER SPACE TO ALPHAVILLE: JEAN-LUC GODARD
WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN? THE OPÉRA AND ITS PHANTOM
AN ARTIFICIAL PARADISE. OPIUM.
THEY ALSO SERVE: WAITERS AND WAITING.
THE SLICE OF LIFE: BREAD AND HISTORY.
LE JAZZ HOT. OR NOT?
EVERYBODY OUGHT TO HAVE A MAID.
IF THERE'S NO GOD, WHO INVENTED CHOCOLATE?
DOGS, AND WHAT THEY LEAVE BEHIND.
MÉTRO BOULOT DODO: LEARNING TO LOVE THE MÉTRO
LE BEAUJOLAIS NOUVEAU EST ARRIVÉE!
NAKED AS NATURE INTENDED. THE FRENCH AND NATURISM.
FRENCH VS. ENGLISH. WAR OF THE WORDS
THE LATE LAMENTED. THE FRENCH AND FUNERALS
TO LIVE AND DIE BY THE SWORD. DUELLING AND DUELLISTS.
A HORSEMAN ON A TOMATO : SURREALISM