The Paris Diary and the New York Diary, 1951-1961
When The Paris Diary exploded on the scene in 1966 there had never been a book in English quite like it: Its intimate combination of personal, literary, and social insights was unprecedented. Rorem's self-portrait of the artist as a young man, written between 1951 and 1955, was also a mirror of the times, depicting the now vanished milieu of Cocteau, Eluard, Gide, Landowska, Boulez, the Vicomtesse de Noailles, and others whose paths crossed with Rorem's in such settings as Paris, Morocco, and...
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"When The Paris Diary exploded on the scene in 1966 there had never been a book in English quite like it: Its intimate combination of personal, literary, and social insights was unprecedented. Rorem's" Booknews Reprint of the North Point Press original of 1983 with a new introduction by Richard Howard. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
\ BooknewsReprint of the North Point Press original of 1983 with a new introduction by Richard Howard. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.\ \ \ \ \ Janet FlannerWorldly, intelligent, licentious, highly indiscreet. -- Janet Flanner\ \
