Paris Was Yesterday: 1925-1939
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Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Worn, no tears or visible damage. Page Condition: Good — pages appear clean and white with no visible yellowing. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Firm and intact. No stickers or labels visible.
A landmark collection of journalism and cultural commentary, Paris Was Yesterday: 1925–1939 gathers the celebrated Letter from Paris dispatches that Janet Flanner — writing under her pen name Genêt — contributed to The New Yorker over fourteen remarkable years. Edited by Irving Drutman, the volume chronicles the vibrant, turbulent life of Paris between the wars, capturing the city's bohemian artistic circles, its political anxieties, and the glittering personalities who shaped an era. With razor-sharp wit and an unflinching eye, Flanner presents intimate portraits of figures such as Isadora Duncan, Sylvia Beach, and Adolf Hitler's rising shadow over Europe, weaving together the personal and the historic with effortless grace. The prose is at once elegant and urgent, immersing the reader in a world on the brink — a golden age unravelling in real time. This essential anthology stands as both a definitive record of interwar Paris and a masterclass in literary journalism.
Author: Janet Flanner
Format: Hardback
Published: 1972, Angus and Robertson
Genre: Essays
Condition remarks:
Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Worn, no tears or visible damage. Page Condition: Good — pages appear clean and white with no visible yellowing. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Firm and intact. No stickers or labels visible.
A landmark collection of journalism and cultural commentary, Paris Was Yesterday: 1925–1939 gathers the celebrated Letter from Paris dispatches that Janet Flanner — writing under her pen name Genêt — contributed to The New Yorker over fourteen remarkable years. Edited by Irving Drutman, the volume chronicles the vibrant, turbulent life of Paris between the wars, capturing the city's bohemian artistic circles, its political anxieties, and the glittering personalities who shaped an era. With razor-sharp wit and an unflinching eye, Flanner presents intimate portraits of figures such as Isadora Duncan, Sylvia Beach, and Adolf Hitler's rising shadow over Europe, weaving together the personal and the historic with effortless grace. The prose is at once elegant and urgent, immersing the reader in a world on the brink — a golden age unravelling in real time. This essential anthology stands as both a definitive record of interwar Paris and a masterclass in literary journalism.