France in Mind: An Anthology: From Henry James, Edith Wharton, Gertrude Stein, and Ernest Hemingway to Peter Mayle and Adam Gopnik--A Feast of British and American Writers Celebrate France

Henry James; Washington Irving; Jan Morris; David Sedaris; Peter Mayle; Thomas Jefferson; Mary McCarthy; Ezra Pound; Janet Flanner

ISBN 10: 0375714359 / ISBN 13: 9780375714351

Published by Vintage, 2003

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Title: France in Mind: An Anthology: From Henry ...

Publisher: Vintage

Publication Date: 2003

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: good

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Synopsis:

France in Mind: an Anthology From Gertrude Stein's Paris to Ezra Pound's Pyrenees; from Tobias Smollett, who grumbled, to Peter Mayle, who settled in; and from Mark Twain's "Innocents Abroad" to David Sedaris's "Me Talk Pretty One Day"--here is France in all its splendor in the words of some of the best and most entertaining writers in the English language. Full description

About the Author:

Alice Leccese Powers is the editor of the anthologies Italy in Mind and Ireland in Mind, and co-editor of The Brooklyn Reader: Thirty Writers Celebrate America's Favorite Borough. A freelance writer and editor, she has been published in The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, Newsday, and many other newspapers and magazines. Ms. Powers also teaches writing at the Corcoran School of Art and Georgetown University. She lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband and three daughters.