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A French affair : the Paris beat, 1965-1998 / Mary Blume ; drawings by Ronald Searle

By:

Blume, Mary

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York, NY : Free Press , c1999.Description: xx, 279 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:

9780452282032

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

944.36 BLU

LOC classification:

DC718.A44 B68 1999

Summary: Blume (Cote 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 management. All 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	944.36 BLU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		054226

Blume (Cote 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 management. All 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.

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