Paris
An American born in Paris at the turn of the last century, Julian Green takes the reader on an imaginative stroll around the French capital, revealing its secret stairways, courtyards, and alleys. From haunted visions of Notre Dame to memories of the old Trocadero, Green describes strange and little-known locations as well as the great sights. A special bilingual edition illustrated with Green’s own photographs, this is a book to treasure, containing the hidden delights of Paris in an...
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"A series of love notes, subtle and charming."—Kirkus Reviews Library Journal This book about Paris is a collection of Green's post-1945 writings--many previously published, but none in English--that has been illustrated with his own photographs. His love affair with Paris, where he was born of American parents in 1900, is manifested as a lifelong preoccupation with the city. He has captured its soul in the daily drama and small mysteries of its churches, stairways, and neighborhood eccentricities. The descriptions are exquisite and sensual, revealing nostalgia for the Paris of his youth, as well as a concern for its future. He has spent most of his 90 years there and justifiably considers himself to be a native. This is further evidenced in his position as the first foreigner to be elected to L'Academie francaise. This bilingual edition will be of interest for academic and large public library collections.-- Mary Ellen Beck, Troy P.L., N.Y.
\ Library JournalThis book about Paris is a collection of Green's post-1945 writings--many previously published, but none in English--that has been illustrated with his own photographs. His love affair with Paris, where he was born of American parents in 1900, is manifested as a lifelong preoccupation with the city. He has captured its soul in the daily drama and small mysteries of its churches, stairways, and neighborhood eccentricities. The descriptions are exquisite and sensual, revealing nostalgia for the Paris of his youth, as well as a concern for its future. He has spent most of his 90 years there and justifiably considers himself to be a native. This is further evidenced in his position as the first foreigner to be elected to L'Academie francaise. This bilingual edition will be of interest for academic and large public library collections.-- Mary Ellen Beck, Troy P.L., N.Y.\ \
