The Invention of Paris
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The Invention of Paris

A History in Footsteps
By Eric Hazan
en

The Invention of Paris is a tour through the streets and history of the French capital under the guidance of radical Parisian author and publisher Eric Hazan. Hazan reveals a city whose squares echo with the riots, rebellions and revolutions of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Combining the raconteur’s ear for a story with a historian’s command of the facts, he introduces an incomparable cast of characters: the literati, the philosophers and the artists-Balzac, Baudelaire, Blanqui, Flaubert, Hugo, Maney, and Proust, of course; but also Doisneau, Nerval and Rousseau. It is a Paris dyed a deep red in its convictions. It is haunted and vitalized by the history of the barricades, which Hazan retells in rich detail. The Invention of Paris opens a window on the forgotten byways of the capital’s vibrant and bloody past, revealing the city in striking new colors.

PUBLISHER :
verso books
PUBLICATION DATE :
April 4, 2011
ISBN-10 :
1844677052
ISBN-13:
9781844677054
LANGUAGE :
English
FORMAT :
Paperback / softback
PAGES :
400 Pages
TRANSLATOR :
David Fernbach
PUBLISHER :
verso books
PUBLICATION DATE :
April 4, 2011
ISBN-10 :
1844677052
ISBN-13:
9781844677054
LANGUAGE :
English
FORMAT :
Paperback / softback
PAGES :
400 Pages
TRANSLATOR :
David Fernbach
Our price:
$29.95
Available for in-store purchase

The Invention of Paris

A History in Footsteps
By Eric Hazan
en
The Invention of Paris is a tour through the streets and history of the French capital under the guidance of radical Parisian author and publisher Eric Hazan. Hazan reveals a city whose squares echo with the riots, rebellions and revolutions of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Combining the raconteur's ear for a story with a historian's command of the facts, he introduces an incomparable cast of characters: the literati, the philosophers and the artists-Balzac, Baudelaire, Blanqui, Flaubert, Hugo, Maney, and Proust, of course; but also Doisneau, Nerval and Rousseau. It is a Paris dyed a deep red in its convictions. It is haunted and vitalized by the history of the barricades, which Hazan retells in rich detail. The Invention of Paris opens a window on the forgotten byways of the capital's vibrant and bloody past, revealing the city in striking new colors.
PUBLISHER :
verso books
PUBLICATION DATE :
April 4, 2011
ISBN-10 :
1844677052
ISBN-13:
9781844677054
LANGUAGE :
English
FORMAT :
Paperback / softback
PAGES :
400 Pages
TRANSLATOR :
David Fernbach