A Narrow Street
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Light foxing on block, pages otherwise fine and clean. Binding intact - faded on spine.
A warm and witty work of memoir and social history, A Narrow Street chronicles the vibrant life of the Rue de la Huchette, a small Parisian street that Elliot Paul called home during the 1920s and 30s. With affectionate humor and keen observation, Paul introduces an unforgettable cast of shopkeepers, eccentrics, lovers, and laborers who populated this single cobblestoned block, illustrating how an entire world could exist within a few hundred feet of pavement. The narrative captures the rhythms of everyday Parisian life with novelistic richness, presenting the street's community as a microcosm of French society on the eve of great upheaval. Paul's prose is both celebratory and elegiac, honoring a way of life that the coming of World War II would irrevocably shatter. First published in 1942, this beloved classic remains one of the most charming and humanizing portraits of Paris ever written by an American abroad.
Author: Elliot Paul
Format: Hardback
Published: 1951, Cresset Press
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Light foxing on block, pages otherwise fine and clean. Binding intact - faded on spine.
A warm and witty work of memoir and social history, A Narrow Street chronicles the vibrant life of the Rue de la Huchette, a small Parisian street that Elliot Paul called home during the 1920s and 30s. With affectionate humor and keen observation, Paul introduces an unforgettable cast of shopkeepers, eccentrics, lovers, and laborers who populated this single cobblestoned block, illustrating how an entire world could exist within a few hundred feet of pavement. The narrative captures the rhythms of everyday Parisian life with novelistic richness, presenting the street's community as a microcosm of French society on the eve of great upheaval. Paul's prose is both celebratory and elegiac, honoring a way of life that the coming of World War II would irrevocably shatter. First published in 1942, this beloved classic remains one of the most charming and humanizing portraits of Paris ever written by an American abroad.