Description
| Summary: | Paris Tales is a highly evocative collection of stories by French and Francophone writers who have been inspired by specific locations in this most visited of capital cities. The twenty-two stories - by well-known writers including Nerval, Maupassant, Colette, and Echenoz - provide a captivating glimpse into Parisian life from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. The stories take us on an atmospheric tour of the arrondissements and quartiers of Paris, charting the changing nature of the city and its inhabitants, and viewing it through the eyes of characters such as the provincial law.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 243 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-243). |
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| ISBN: | 9780191539565
0191539562
0192805746
9780192805744 |
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| Language: | Translated from the French. |
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