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Synopsis
A love letter to Paris and a memoir of a life spent at its bohemian heart, rich with adventures, misadventures and the beauty of one of the most enduringly romantic cities in the world
The Existential Englishman is both a memoir and an intimate portrait of Paris - a city that can enchant, exhilarate and exasperate in equal measure. As Peppiatt remarks: 'You reflect and become the city just as the city reflects and becomes you'. This, then, is one man's not uncritical love letter to Paris.
Intensely personal, candid and entertaining, The Existential Englishman chronicles Peppiatt's relationship with Paris in a series of vignettes structured around the half-dozen addresses he called home as a plucky young art critic. Having survived the tumultuous riots of 1968, Peppiatt traces his precarious progress from junior editor to magazine publisher, recalling encounters with a host of figures at the heart of Parisian artistic life - from Sartre, Beckett and Cartier-Bresson to Serge Gainsbourg and Catherine Deneuve. Peppiatt also takes us into the secret places that fascinate him most in this ancient capital, where memories are etched into every magnificent palace and humble cobblestone.
On the historic streets of Paris, where all life is on show and every human drama played out, Michael Peppiatt is the wittiest and wickedest of observers, capturing the essence of the city and its glittering cultural achievements.
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If you're interested in art, or writing, or Paris, it will ring bells in your head. I loved it (William Leith Evening Standard)
Peppiatt's account of his bohemian life in Paris is full of colour, character and charm ... Peppiatt has an aesthete's love of life, and there are vivid descriptions of food, drink and romance here that both enrapture and inspire. This enjoyable book works best as an account of a lifelong love affair with the Parisian streets ... The Existential Englishman offers elegant proof that Michael Peppiatt's powers of observation remain undimmed and acute (Alexander Larman Observer)
Being an acute observer and friend of artists, [Peppiatt] shares with them a heightened sensitivity, which leads him to write evocatively about particular memories . Evocative and beautiful prose (Agnès Poirier Literary Review)
On the page, [Peppiatt] remains probably one of the most eminent art writers of our time; off it, to judge by the swirl of parties, interviews, and chance encounters that fill this memoir, he is a gifted and indefatigable conversationalist (Tim Smith-Laing Sunday Telegraph)
Engaging ... Peppiatt's passion for Paris, and his clear perception of its innumerable atmospheres . The personal story is sharpened by a judicious use of the present tense, but it is enhanced above all by a historical vision which enables Michael Peppiatt to paint the characters of several quartiers with archaeological precision. Even readers unacquainted with the city should be charmed by his portrait (Gerald Mangan Times Literary Supplement)
Brings [Paris] to life so vividly you can almost smell it ... Très drôle (Lucy Davies Daily Telegraph)
One of the best art books I have read, by turns atmospheric and waspishly gossipy but also profound and poignant (Praise for Francis Bacon in Your Blood, Michael Prodger, The Times)
This vivid new memoir by the artist's protégé is set to be a classic (Praise for Francis Bacon in Your Blood, Sunday Telegraph)
The best art memoir published in years ... it is personal, subjective and sufficiently scurrilous (Praise for Francis Bacon in Your Blood, Spectator)
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A love letter to Paris and a memoir of a life spent at its bohemian heart, rich with adventures, misadventures and the beauty of one of the most enduringly romantic cities in the world
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- PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
- Publication date2019
- ISBN 10 1408891719
- ISBN 13 9781408891711
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages384
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