John Baxter

Saint-Germain-des-Pres (eBook, ePUB)

Paris's Rebel Quarter

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The award-winning chronicler of life in Paris reveals the secrets of his home quarter: Saint-Germain-des-Prés.

In this unique blend of history, memoir, and sightseeing essentials, Saint-Germain-des-Prés is a captivating narrative guidebook to one of Paris's iconic quarters by John Baxter, bestselling author of The Most Beautiful Walk in the World.

Occupying less than a square mile along Paris's Left Bank, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, originally an independent village centered around the medieval abbey that lends the quarter its name, has for centuries been home to rebels of all stripes. Within its boundaries, the French Revolution was plotted, the guillotine invented, and in 1968 students revolted and clashed with police. Philosopher Descartes is buried here (sans skull), while Sartre, Camus, and de Beauvoir birthed existentialism around the tables of the legendary Café de Flore. Saint-Germain sheltered and inspired such artistic rebels as Picasso, Rimbaud, Hemingway, and scores of jazz musicians. Today, the neighborhood, with its cobblestone streets, iconic cafés, and unique shopping destinations, is one of Paris's premier tourist attractions. And yet it retains its rebel soulif you know where to look.

In this first book in his Great Parisian Neighborhoods series, Baxter, an expat who has called Saint-Germain home for more than two decades, guides readers on an off-the-beaten-path journey through the quarter's history, landmarks, and delights.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. November 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780062431912
• Artikelnr.: 45070749

Autorenporträt

John Baxter has lived in Paris for more than twenty years. He is the author of four acclaimed memoirs about his life in France: The Perfect Meal: In Search of the Lost Tastes of France; The Most Beautiful Walk in the World: A Pedestrian in Paris; Immoveable Feast: A Paris Christmas; and We'll Always Have Paris: Sex and Love in the City of Light. Baxter, who gives literary walking tours through Paris, is also a film critic and biographer whose subjects have included the directors Fellini, Kubrick, Woody Allen, and most recently, Josef von Sternberg. Born in Australia, he lives with his wife and daughter in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés neighborhood, in the same building Sylvia Beach called home.

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"John Baxter and his incredible knowledge made me feel like I was walking through history. Anyone who reads this book will experience the artists, writers, and beauty of Paris come to life as if they were standing on the streets of St. Germain themselves." Maria Bello, actress and author of Whatever... Love is Love