"Beautifully written and refreshingly original... makes us see [Paris] in a different light." -- San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
Swapping his native San Francisco for the City of Light, travel writer David Downie arrived in Paris in 1986 on a one-way ticket, his head full of romantic notions. Curiosity and the legs of a cross-country runner propelled him daily from an unheated, seventh-floor walk-up garret near the Champs-Elysées to the old Montmartre haunts of the doomed painter Modigliani, the tombs of Père-Lachaise cemetery, the luxuriant alleys of the Luxembourg Gardens and the aristocratic Île Saint-Louis midstream in the Seine."synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
"Like the guide who leads us through The Hermitage and its history in Sokurov's 'Russian Ark', David Downie is the master of educated curiosity. With him we discover Paris, a seemingly public city that is, in fact, full of secrets--great lives, lives wasted on the bizarre; forgotten artisans; lost graves (lost till now); the 'papillons nocturnes'; and the 'poinçonneur des Lilas'. I have walked some of the city's streets with him, and reading this book is just as tactile an experience." --Michael Ondaatje
"... beautifully written and refreshingly original...Curious and attentive to detail, Downie is appreciative yet unflinching in describing his adopted home... makes us see [Paris] in a different light...."--David Armstrong, San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
Paris, Paris is that rare object nowadays: a book of literate travel essays illustrated with striking B&W photographs.
Known for her photography work in the books of Sophia Loren, Marcella Hazan, Anne Willan and many other celebrities and cooks, Alison Harris is also a passionate chronicler in B&W of Paris’ streets. As Diane Johnson sees it, "Paris must be the most photographed place in the world, from Doisneau to Cartier-Bresson. These beautiful studies by Alison Harris extend that literature with a powerful formal talent. Her camera’s loving dissection of details that the busy traveler might not notice for himself, makes of this book a splendid object in itself, a sort of bibliophilic gem."
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