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050	0	0	_aDC718.A44 _bB68 1999
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100	1		_aBlume, Mary
245	1	2	_aA French affair _b: the Paris beat, 1965-1998 _c/ Mary Blume ; drawings by Ronald Searle
260			_aNew York, NY _b: Free Press _c, c1999.
300			_axx, 279 p. _b: ill. _c; 22 cm.
520			_aBlume (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.
600	1	0	_aBlume, Mary
650		0	_aAmericans _z--France _z--Paris _x--History _y--20th century
650		4	_aWomen Journalists _z-United States _v--Biography
651			_aParis (France) _x-Humor
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