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The Invention of Paris A History in Footsteps

by [Hazan, Eric]

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The Invention of Paris is a tour through the streets and history of the French capital under the guidance of radical Parisian author and publisher Eric Hazan.

Hazan reveals a city whose squares echo with the riots, rebellions and revolutions of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Combining the raconteur's ear for a story with a historian's command of the facts, he introduces an incomparable cast of characters: the literati, the philosophers and the artists--Balzac, Baudelaire, Blanqui, Flaubert, Hugo, Maney, and Proust, of course; but also Doisneau, Nerval and Rousseau.

It is a Paris dyed a deep red in its convictions. It is haunted and vitalized by the history of the barricades, which Hazan retells in rich detail. The Invention of Paris opens a window on the forgotten byways of the capital's vibrant and bloody past, revealing the city in striking new colors.

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Product Details

  • Verso Books Brand
  • Jun 6, 2011 Pub Date:
  • 9781844677054 ISBN-13:
  • 1844677052 ISBN-10:
  • 408.0 pages Paperback
  • English Language
  • 8.23 in * 1.02 in * 5.49 in Dimensions:
  • 1 lb Weight: