Paris Journal: 1965-1970
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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From the elegant boulevards of the Seine to the turbulent corridors of de Gaulle's France, Paris Journal: 1965–1970 chronicles the final chapter of Janet Flanner's legendary career as The New Yorker's Paris correspondent, capturing a city in the grip of profound social and political transformation. Writing under her celebrated pen name Genêt, Flanner presents the sweeping panorama of late-1960s Paris with unrivalled intimacy — the upheaval of May 1968, the twilight of Gaullism, and the ceaseless cultural vitality of a metropolis that remained the epicentre of Western artistic life. Edited by the distinguished William Shawn, this volume is a masterclass in literary journalism, showcasing Flanner's razor-sharp wit, her instinct for the telling detail, and her remarkable ability to render history as vivid, immediate experience. Her dispatches illuminate not merely the political events of the era but the very texture of Parisian life — its fashions, its scandals, its intellectual passions — leaving the reader to wonder: what does it mean to bear witness to a great city at the very moment it reinvents itself?
Author: Janet Flanner (Genêt)
Format: Paperback
Genre: Essays
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the elegant boulevards of the Seine to the turbulent corridors of de Gaulle's France, Paris Journal: 1965–1970 chronicles the final chapter of Janet Flanner's legendary career as The New Yorker's Paris correspondent, capturing a city in the grip of profound social and political transformation. Writing under her celebrated pen name Genêt, Flanner presents the sweeping panorama of late-1960s Paris with unrivalled intimacy — the upheaval of May 1968, the twilight of Gaullism, and the ceaseless cultural vitality of a metropolis that remained the epicentre of Western artistic life. Edited by the distinguished William Shawn, this volume is a masterclass in literary journalism, showcasing Flanner's razor-sharp wit, her instinct for the telling detail, and her remarkable ability to render history as vivid, immediate experience. Her dispatches illuminate not merely the political events of the era but the very texture of Parisian life — its fashions, its scandals, its intellectual passions — leaving the reader to wonder: what does it mean to bear witness to a great city at the very moment it reinvents itself?