Jennifer Lee
Paris In Mind
From Mark Twain to Langston Hughes, from Saul Bellow to David Sedaris: Three Centuries of Americans Writing About Their Romance (and Frustrations) with Paris
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With the help of thirty of America's most illustrious and perceptive writers -- including Art Buchwald, Anais Nin, E. B. White and Edith Wharton -- editor Jennifer Lee celebrates the world's most seductive city with this delightful anthology. From Mark Twain's hilarious travelogue The Innocents Abroad to Gertrude Stein's nostalgic Paris, France; from Benjamin Franklin's letters to David Sedaris's personal essays -- Paris in Mind is a richly eclectic and often humorous collection. Organized into four sections -- Love, Food, Being Civilized, and Tourism -- it features an introduction for each author as well as an illuminating essay by Lee about…
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With the help of thirty of America's most illustrious and perceptive writers -- including Art Buchwald, Anais Nin, E. B. White and Edith Wharton -- editor Jennifer Lee celebrates the world's most seductive city with this delightful anthology. From Mark Twain's hilarious travelogue The Innocents Abroad to Gertrude Stein's nostalgic Paris, France; from Benjamin Franklin's letters to David Sedaris's personal essays -- Paris in Mind is a richly eclectic and often humorous collection. Organized into four sections -- Love, Food, Being Civilized, and Tourism -- it features an introduction for each author as well as an illuminating essay by Lee about the intimate relationship between America and Paris. This lively book promises a thrilling voyage for any curious literary traveler.
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4000-3102-3
- EAN: 9781400031023
- Produktnummer: 9547655
- Verlag: Random House N.Y.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
- Seitenangabe: 288 S.
Über den Autor
Jennifer Lee is an experienced editor with two previous anthologies, Martial Arts Are Not Just for Kicking Butt and 2sexE: Urban Tales of Love, Liberty and the Pursuit of Gettin' It On. She lives in the Bay Area in California and is happy to trade Paris and San Francisco restaurant tips.
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