Geniuses Together: American Writers in Paris in the 1920's - Softcover

Carpenter, Humphrey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0044403313 ISBN 13: 9780044403319

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1989

Synopsis

A biographical account of the 1920s Paris literary scene focuses mainly on Hemmingway, but also includes portraits of other now-famous personalities who became an integral part of the wild Paris cafe culture

About this title

About the Author:

Humphrey Carpenter was born and educated in Oxford, and attended the Dragon School and Keble College. He was a well-known biographer and children's writer, and worked previously as a producer at the BBC. He wrote biographies of J. R. R. Tolkien, W. H. Auden, Benjamin Britten, Ezra Pound, C. S. Lewis and Dennis Potter. Among his many books for children were the best-selling Mr Majeika series. He also wrote several plays for the theatre and radio. A keen musician, he was a member of a 1930s-style jazz band, Vile Bodies, which was resident at the Ritz Hotel in London for a number of years. He died in 2005.

Synopsis:

This is a lively account of literary life on the Left Bank in Paris in the twenties, where many American writers congregated to enjoy the jazz age without the restraints of American society. Partly collective biography it is also a novel-style narrative of one generation's love affair with Paris. Ernest Hemingway, Robert McAlmon, Kay Boyle and Gertrude Stein are some of the people described.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0044403313
• ISBN 13: 9780044403319
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256