French Affair, A: The Paris Beat 1965-1998 (平装)

出版时间：1999-12  出版社：Penguin Putnam Inc.  作者：Mary Blume  页数：276  
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内容概要

Blume (C?te d'Azur: Inventing the French Riviera) has lived in France for over three decades. Here is a collection of 61 of her International Herald Tribune columns, which includes commentary on French social and cultural life and profiles of writers and film directors. She describes, among other things, a museum built in honor of the bearded lady of Thaon, Clementine Delait; a street still waiting to be named; and an uprising led by the regulars of a restaurant who do not want things to change under the new managementAall of which read like absurdist comedy. Illustrations by Ronald Searle enhance the irreverent and perceptive text. These essays give us an insider's view of things quintessentially French, but a collection of columns, by nature, tends to be dated. Not an essential purchase.ARavi Shenoy, Hinsdale P.L., IL     Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

书籍目录

Preface  PARIS FRANCE  When Paris Put On Its Best Dress    Men Will Be Boys    Genet: French Rigor and American Gusto    The Friends of Mona Lisa    A Rueful Glance Ahead at New Face of Paris    The Last Old-Time Soup Kitchen in Paris    A Struggle for the Soul of a Paris Restaurant    Paris in a Bottle: A Wine Grower's Dream    Animating Paris, City Hall Style    Cooking Classes by Princess and Countess    Potato of Snobs, Dainty and Newly Chic, Captivates Paris    Daniel Cohn-Bendit: Ten Years After the Events of May    Happy Memories of Gray Paris in the Fifties    Vionnet, Last of the Great Couturiers    The Fine Art of Window Shopping    Saint-Germain's Latest Brainstorm  Simone Signoret: A Memory  RITES AND RULES  Paris-La France Profonde Comes Back to Town    Money Speaks in France    Getting Through France's Linguistic Jungle    Exemplary, Bearded C16mentine    The 2 CV: They Laughed, Then Loved It    Age-Rated French Encyclopedia on Sex    Luminous Ideas of the Concours L4pine  Assembly Line Vacations    French Pursuing the Right Number    How Long Is Long? The Meter Turns 200    The "Rustproof' Candidate for the French Presidency  Virtuosi of the People's Piano    French History: Past and Present Clash    An Election in Which the Scofflaw Wins    1944: The Many Who Were Forgotten    Letting Loose and Holding Down    Be Careful, It's Mushroom Season Again    Monsieur le Perpetuel to the Rescue of English    Why a Leopard Cannot Change Its Spots  WORDS AND IMAGES  A Vintage Year for Duras    Simone de Beauvoir Talks, and Talks    V.S. Pritchett's Cheerful Laments    Elisabeth Lutyens: "A Dog Barks and a Composer Composes"    Erich Salomon's Eye on Clever Hopes    Keeping Berlin Berlinisch    "Love Ya": Voznesensky and His Collages    Brassa'i, Among Friends    Robert Doisneau's "Little Scraps of Time"    Photographer Don McCullin: "The Dark Side of a Lifetime"    Christo in Search of a Perfect Umbrella  ……