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How Paris Amuses Itself (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

F. Berkeley Smith

 
9780332575230: How Paris Amuses Itself (Classic Reprint)

Synopsis

Step into a vivid roaming portrait of Paris’s bohemian heart, where cafes, cabarets, and river life spark the city’s real charm.

This travelogue builds a rich, on-the-ground map of Paris’s famous quarters, from Montmartre’s back lanes to the Latin Quarter’s intimate corners. Read as a series of intimate, sometimes salty, vignettes, it invites you to see the city through the eyes of artists, models, musicians, and revelers who live for the moment.

  • Discover the inn scenes, street markets, and the tiny rituals that color daily life in bohemian Paris.
  • Experience the intimate interiors and bustling rooms of cabarets, studios, and the legendary balls that shaped a generation.
  • Follow river journeys along the Seine, with boats, winds, and towns that punctuate a lively, ever-changing tapestry.
  • Meet painters, poets, dancers, and diners as they mingle with common folk in a city that never stops being itself.
Ideal for readers who want a window into Paris as it was lived—bright with pleasure, stitched with art, and anchored in the everyday drama of the streets and cafés.

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