![]() ![]() It's the Water: The Seine The time-worn stones were cold and the ever-flowing stream beneath the bridges seemed to have carried away something of their selves. a voyage into ‘the bends and recesses, the jagged edges, the secret interiors’. Praise for Paris, Paris “I loved his collection of essays and anyone who’s visited Paris in the past, or plans to visit in the future, will be equally charmed as well.” -David Lebovitz, author of The Sweet Life in Paris “ quirky, personal, independent view of the city, its history and its people” -Mavis Gallant “Gives fresh poetic insight into the city. An irreverent, witty romp featuring thirty-one short prose sketches of people, places and daily life, Paris, Paris: Journey into the City of Light ranges from the glamorous to the least-known corners and characters of the world’s favorite city. Ten books and a quarter-century later, he still spends several hours every day rambling through Paris, and writing about the city he loves. ![]() Downie wound up living in the chic Marais district, married to the Paris-born American photographer Alison Harris, an equally incurable walker and chronicler. Curiosity and the legs of a cross-country runner propelled him daily from an unheated, seventh-floor walk-up garret near the Champs-Elysées to the old Montmartre haunts of the doomed painter Modigliani, the tombs of Père-Lachaise cemetery, the luxuriant alleys of the Luxembourg Gardens and the aristocratic Île Saint-Louis midstream in the Seine. makes us see in a different light.”- San Francisco Chronicle Book Review Swapping his native San Francisco for the City of Light, travel writer David Downie arrived in Paris in 1986 on a one-way ticket, his head full of romantic notions. “Beautifully written and refreshingly original. Per maggiori informazioni sulle modalità e finalità per cui Amazon utilizza i dati personali (come, ad esempio, la cronologia degli ordini dei negozi Amazon), consulta la nostra Informativa sulla privacy. Puoi modificare le tue preferenze in qualsiasi momento visitando la pagina sulle Preferenze cookie, come descritto nell'Informativa sui cookie. Clicca su "Personalizza i cookie" per non accettare questi cookie, gestire le tue preferenze ulteriori o saperne di più. I terzi utilizzano i cookie per le loro finalità di mostrare e analizzare la pubblicità personalizzata, generare informazioni sui destinatari e sviluppare e migliorare i prodotti. Questo comprende l'utilizzo di cookie di prima parte e di terze parti che memorizzano o accedono a informazioni standard del dispositivo, come l’identificatore univoco. Se accetti, utilizzeremo i cookie anche per ottimizzare la tua esperienza di acquisto nei negozi Amazon come descritto nella nostra Informativa sui cookie. Utilizziamo questi cookie anche per capire come i clienti utilizzano i nostri servizi per poterli migliorare (ad esempio, analizzando le interazioni con il sito). Utilizziamo cookie e altre tecnologie simili necessari per consentirti di effettuare acquisti, per migliorare le tue esperienze di acquisto e per fornire i nostri servizi, come descritto in dettaglio nella nostra Informativa sui cookie. Selezione delle preferenze relative ai cookie a voyage into 'the bends and recesses, the jagged edges, the secret interiors'. David Lebovitz, author of The Sweet Life in Paris quirky, personal, independent view of the city, its history and its people -Mavis Gallant Gives fresh poetic insight into the city. Praise for Paris, Paris I loved his collection of essays and anyone who's visited Paris in the past, or plans to visit in the future, will be equally charmed as well. An irreverent, witty romp featuring thirty-one short prose sketches of people, places and daily life, Paris, Paris: Journey into the City of Light ranges from the glamorous to the least-known corners and characters of the world's favorite city. Curiosity and the legs of a cross-country runner propelled him daily from an unheated, seventh-floor walk-up garret near the Champs-Elysees to the old Montmartre haunts of the doomed painter Modigliani, the tombs of Pere-Lachaise cemetery, the luxuriant alleys of the Luxembourg Gardens and the aristocratic Ile Saint-Louis midstream in the Seine. San Francisco Chronicle Book Review Swapping his native San Francisco for the City of Light, travel writer David Downie arrived in Paris in 1986 on a one-way ticket, his head full of romantic notions. Beautifully written and refreshingly original. ![]()
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