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Item Details
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THE OTHER PARIS
AN ILLUSTRATED JOURNEY THROUGH A CITY'S POOR AND BOHEMIAN PAST |
| By: |
Luc Sante |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£16.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0571325874 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780571325870 |
| Publisher: |
FABER & FABER |
| Pub. date: |
3 November, 2015 |
| Edition: |
Main |
| Pages: |
352 |
| Description: |
Paris, the City of Light. We think of it as the city of the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre, of white facades, discreet traffic and well-mannered exchanges. But there was another Paris, this book takes you on a tour of labour conditions, prostitution, drinking and crime. |
| Synopsis: |
Paris, the City of Light. We think of it as the city of the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre, of white facades, discreet traffic and well-mannered exchanges. But there was another Paris, hidden from view and virtually extinct today - the Paris of the working and criminal classes that shaped the city over the past two centuries. In the voices of Balzac and Hugo, assorted boulevardiers, barflies, rabble-rousers and tramps, Sante takes the reader on a vividjourney through the seamy underside of Paris: the improvised accommodations of the original bohemians; the flea markets, the rubbish tips, and the hovels. The Other Paris is a lively tour of labour conditions, prostitution, drinking, crime, and popular entertainment, of the reporters, realiste singers, pamphleteers, serial novelists, and poets who chronicled their evolution. It upends the story of the French capital, reclaiming the city from the bon vivants and the speculators, and lighting a candle to the works and days of the forgotten poor. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Faber & Faber Non-Fiction |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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