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In thirty-two personal essays - more than half of which are here published for the first time - the writers describe how they were seduced by Paris and then began to see things differently. They came to write, to cook, to find love, to study, to raise children, to escape, or to live the way it's done in French movies; they came from the United States, Canada, and England; from Iran, Iraq, and Cuba; and - a few - from other parts of France. And they stayed, not as tourists, but for a long time; some are still living there. They were outsiders who became insiders, who here share their observations and revelations. Some are well-known writers: Diane Johnson, David Sedaris, Judith Thurman, Joe Queenan, and Edmund White. Others may be lesser known but are no less passionate on the subject. Together, their reflections add up to an unusually perceptive and multifaceted portrait of a city that is entrancing, at times exasperating, but always fascinating. They remind us that Paris belongs to everyone it has touched, and to each in a different way.

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Book category Books in English Lifestyle, sport & leisure Travel & holiday Travel writing

• Full title: Paris Was Ours Thirty-Two Writers Reflect on the City of Light
• Author: Penelope Rowlands
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288
• EAN: 9781565129535
• ISBN: 1565129539
• ID: 04383002
• Publisher: Algonquin Books (division of Workman)
• Weight: 340 g
• Dimensions: 208 × 144 × 22 mm
• Date of publishing: 11. February 2011

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