The other Paris
Sante, Lucy2015
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Paris, the City of Light. We think of it as the city of the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre, of white facades, discreet traffic and well-mannered exchanges. But there was another Paris, hidden from view and virtually extinct today - the Paris of the working and criminal classes that shaped the city over the past two centuries. In the voices of Balzac and Hugo, assorted boulevardiers, barflies, rabble-rousers and tramps, Luc Sante takes the reader on a vivid journey through the seamy underside of Paris: the improvised accommodations of the original bohemians; the flea markets, the rubbish tips, and the hovels.
Main title:
The other Paris / Luc Sante.
Author:
Sante, Lucy, author
Imprint:
London : Faber & Faber, 2015.
Collation:
306 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 25 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780571241286 (hbk)
Dewey class:
944.36108412944.361
Language:
English
BRN:
1807374