Paris Journal, 1944-1955

Here is a continuation of selections from Flanner's celebrated "Letter from Paris," a series that appeared in the New Yorker from 1925 to 1975 over the signature " Genêt." With clarity and authority, Flanner writes about the arts, the politics, and the economy of postwar Paris. This is the era in which Roosevelt and Matisse die, Françoise Sagan bursts on the literary scene, and Josephine Baker stages a comeback. Index.

Summary

Here is a continuation of selections from Flanner's celebrated "Letter from Paris," a series that appeared in the New Yorker from 1925 to 1975 over the signature " Genêt." With clarity and authority, Flanner writes about the arts, the politics, and the economy of postwar Paris. This is the era in which Roosevelt and Matisse die, Françoise Sagan bursts on the literary scene, and Josephine Baker stages a comeback. Index.

Product details

• Authors: Flanner, Janet Flanner, Janet (Genet) Flanner, Janet (Genêt) Flanner, William Shawn
• Assisted by: William Shawn (Editor)
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.07.1988
• EAN: 9780156709484
• ISBN: 978-0-15-670948-4
• No. of pages: 324
• Weight: 4531 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Europe, Geopolitics, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, social and political philosophy, History of Science, Second World War, The Holocaust, Reference works, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Politics and government, General and world history, HISTORY: Modern / 19th Century, HISTORY: Reference, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Geopolitics, SCIENCE: History, HISTORY: Modern / 21st Century, HISTORY: Europe / France, POLITICAL SCIENCE: World / European, PHILOSOPHY: Political, HISTORY: Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, HISTORY: Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust, HISTORY: Modern / 20th Century / General