{"product_id":"2026200016079-secondhand-across-paris-and-other-stories","title":"Across Paris And Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: First ed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Light chipping of edges of jacket spine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBehind the shuttered windows and cobblestoned alleys of wartime and post-war Paris, the ordinary becomes extraordinary — and Marcel Aymé's Across Paris and Other Stories is the definitive proof. This celebrated collection of short fiction chronicles the lives of Parisians navigating a city caught between occupation, liberation, and the strange persistence of everyday desire, presenting a world where dark irony and tender humanity coexist with startling ease. Aymé's characters — butchers, dreamers, black marketeers, and lovers — are rendered with a mordant wit that cuts to the bone, illuminating the absurdities of the human condition against a backdrop of historical upheaval.\n\nTranslated from the French by Norman Denny, whose authoritative introduction frames the collection's literary and cultural significance, this English-language edition introduces Aymé's singular voice to a wider audience without sacrificing the nuance and texture of the original. Aymé stands apart in the French literary tradition as a master of the fantastic realist mode — a writer who instructs readers in the art of seeing the miraculous in the mundane — and this collection argues, quietly but compellingly, that moral complexity thrives in even the smallest of human moments. Whether you know Aymé's work intimately or are encountering it for the first time, these stories leave an indelible mark, raising a question that lingers long after the final page: what does it truly mean to survive?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49342780702939,"sku":"2026200016079-SECONDHAND","price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/0493686d-6f35-433e-8129-13c6fdee1b60.png?v=1790049427","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200016079-secondhand-across-paris-and-other-stories","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}