'The most bizarre and delicious of travel books' Observer
Julian Green was born to American parents in Paris in 1900, and spent most of his life in the French capital. Paris is an extraordinary, lyrical love letter to the city, taking the reader on an imaginative journey around its secret stairways, courtyards, alleys and hidden places. Whether evoking the cool of a deserted church on a hot summer's day, remembering Notre Dame in a winter storm in 1940, describing chestnut trees lit up at night like 'Japanese lanterns' or lamenting the passing of street cries and old buildings, his book is filled with unforgettable imagery. It is a meditation on getting lost and wasting time, and on what it truly means to know a city.
'Truthful, unpretentious and haunting' The Times Literary Supplement
| ISBN: | 9780141194653 |
| Publication date: | 3rd May 2012 |
| Author: | Julien Green, Julien Green |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 144 pages |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
| Genres: |
Travel writing |
'The most bizarre and delicious of travel books' Observer
Julian Green was born to American parents in Paris in 1900, and spent most of his life in the French capital. Paris is an extraordinary, lyrical love letter to the city, taking the reader on an imaginative journey around its secret stairways, courtyards, alleys and hidden places. Whether evoking the cool of a deserted church on a hot summer's day, remembering Notre Dame in a winter storm in 1940, describing chestnut trees lit up at night like 'Japanese lanterns' or lamenting the passing of street cries and old buildings, his book is filled with unforgettable imagery. It is a meditation on getting lost and wasting time, and on what it truly means to know a city.
'Truthful, unpretentious and haunting' The Times Literary Supplement
Paris features in the following genres: Travel writing
Paris is available in Paperback
Paris was written by Julien Green, Julien Green and published by Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
Paris has 144 pages
Yes it is part of Penguin Modern Classics series
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