Paris Street Tales
«A captivating read for all those who want to get a taste of classic French literature and love to lose themselves in the streets of Paris.»
French Property News
Paris Street Tales is the third volume of a trilogy of translated stories set in Paris. The previous two are Paris Tales, in which each story is associated with one of the twenty arrondissements, and Paris Metro Tales, in which the twenty-two stories are related to a trip round the Paris Metro. This new volume contains eighteen newly translated stories related to particular streets in Paris, and one newly written tale of the city. Les mer
The stories range from the nineteenth century to the present day, and include tales by well-known writers such as Colette, Maupassant, Didier Daeninckx, and Simenon, and less familiar names such as Francis Carco, Aurelie Filipetti, and Arnaud Baignot. They present a vivid picture of Paris streets in a variety of literary styles and tones. Simenon's Maigret is called upon to solve a mystery on the Boulevard Beaumarchais; a flaneur learns some French history through second-hand objects
retrieved from the Seine; a nineteenth-century affair in the Rue de Miromesnil goes badly wrong; a body is discovered on the steps of the smallest street in Paris. Through these stories we see how the city has changed over the last two centuries and what has survived. All the tales in the book are translated
apart from the last, a new story by David Constantine, based on the last days of the poet Gerard de Nerval.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Oxford University Press
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780198736790
- Utgivelsesår
- 2016
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
Om forfatteren
Ass's Skin by Balzac, The Conquest of Plassans by Zola, and Flaubert's A Sentimental Education for OUP.
Anmeldelser
«A captivating read for all those who want to get a taste of classic French literature and love to lose themselves in the streets of Paris.»
French Property News
«this lovely collection will give you a real sense of the city's character, and I defy anyone to read it without a great longing to get there and explore.»
Shiny New Books
«Often moody and always eccentric, the collectiondedicated to the memory of Parisians killed in recent attacks at Charlie Hebdo and the Bataclanuncovers the dark and light corners hidden in a city of interesting characters and exuberant history.»
Publishers Weekly
«If you can't make it to the capital in person this October, sitting in a café with a glass of French wine and reading this book about Paris's streets and faces is the next best thing.»
Living France
«I enjoy short fiction as much as anything I read today, and this Oxford University Press publication reminds me why that is.»
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