The only street in Paris : life on the Rue des Martyrs
(Book - Regular Print)
Author
Published
New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2016].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
294 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Published
New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2016].
Format
Book - Regular Print
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-294).
Description
"Part memoir, part travelogue, part love letter to the people who live and work on a magical street in Paris. Elaine Sciolino, the former Paris bureau chief for the New York Times, invites us on a tour of her favorite Parisian street, offering an homage to street life and the pleasures of Parisian living. 'I can never be sad on the rue des Martyrs,' Sciolino explains, as she celebrates the neighborhood's rich history and vibrant lives. While many cities suffer from the leveling effects of globalization, the rue des Martyrs maintains its distinct allure. On this street, the patron saint of France was beheaded and the Jesuits took their first vows. It was here that Edgar Degas and Pierre-Auguste Renoir painted circus acrobats, Émile Zola situated a lesbian dinner club in his novel Nana, and François Truffaut filmed scenes from The 400 Blows. Sciolino reveals the charms and idiosyncrasies of this street and its longtime residents--the Tunisian greengrocer, the husband-and-wife cheesemongers, the showman who's been running a transvestite cabaret for more than half a century, the owner of a hundred-year-old bookstore, the woman who repairs eighteenth-century mercury barometers--bringing Paris alive in all of its unique majesty. The Only Street in Paris will make readers hungry for Paris, for cheese and wine, and for the kind of street life that is all too quickly disappearing"--Provided by publisher.
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Prescott Public Library - NF - Nonfiction Books | 944.361 SCI | Find It Now |
Sedona Public Library - NF - Nonfiction Books | 944.361 SCIOLINO | Find It Now |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Americans -- France -- Paris -- Biography.
Autobiographies.
Jewish women -- France -- Paris -- Biography.
Neighborhoods -- France -- Paris.
Paris (France) -- Biography.
Paris (France) -- Description and travel.
Paris (France) -- Social life and customs.
Rue des Martyrs (Paris, France)
Sciolino, Elaine -- Homes and haunts -- France -- Paris.
Street life -- France -- Paris.
Streets -- France -- Paris.
Autobiographies.
Jewish women -- France -- Paris -- Biography.
Neighborhoods -- France -- Paris.
Paris (France) -- Biography.
Paris (France) -- Description and travel.
Paris (France) -- Social life and customs.
Rue des Martyrs (Paris, France)
Sciolino, Elaine -- Homes and haunts -- France -- Paris.
Street life -- France -- Paris.
Streets -- France -- Paris.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Sciolino, E. (2016). The only street in Paris: life on the Rue des Martyrs (First edition.). W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Sciolino, Elaine. 2016. The Only Street in Paris: Life On the Rue Des Martyrs. W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Sciolino, Elaine. The Only Street in Paris: Life On the Rue Des Martyrs W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Sciolino, Elaine. The Only Street in Paris: Life On the Rue Des Martyrs First edition., W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.
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