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Summary: Good Read
Review: It was easy to read, many great pics and quotes. More than many other books on aspects of French culture, it really brought this sub culture alive for me.
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Summary: O Absinthe, we sing your praises-"I believe in that poison!"
Review: Perhaps my favorite book of 1997. The art reproductions are deliriously good; as for the brief writer bios, I mean come on, the names themselves are an intoxicant: Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Verlaine, Manet, Van Gogh, Picasso, Jarry, Wilde, Hemingway... Good Lord man, thank you! I found the historical aspect provocative--was it 1890s France, or 1990s "drug hysteria" America? I recommended it to plenty of customers where I work and they loved it. It's virtually the only book out there on the subject! Strange coincidence: the day after I read it, I saw the (then) new Nine Inch Nails video "Perfect Drug" & guess what potent & exotic liquour our man Trent Reznor was imbibing? The whole production design was fin-de-siecle artwork. I hope the MTV kids were paying attention! A must-have for those interested in French art and literature, bohemian culture, or esoteric subject matter. Now if they just put the stuff in six-packs....
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Summary: The definitive text, in English anyway
Review: Remarkably similar in content and appearance to "L'absinthe : histoire de la fee verte" by Marie-Claude Delahaye, who runs the Absinthe Museum in Auvers-sur-Oise, north of Paris. She recalls providing Mr. Conrad with much of the artwork and other content, and was a bit miffed at her modest credit in the bibliography.Her book is a much more detailed history, but it's in French and hard to find, so this is a quality English guide to a legendary vice. If you get to Paris, though, go see the museum for more.
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Summary: The definitive text, in English anyway
Review: Remarkably similar in content and appearance to "L'absinthe : histoire de la fee verte" by Marie-Claude Delahaye, who runs the Absinthe Museum in Auvers-sur-Oise, north of Paris. She recalls providing Mr. Conrad with much of the artwork and other content, and was a bit miffed at her modest credit in the bibliography. Her book is a much more detailed history, but it's in French and hard to find, so this is a quality English guide to a legendary vice. If you get to Paris, though, go see the museum for more.
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Summary: The definitive text, in English anyway
Review: Remarkably similar in content and appearance to "L'absinthe : histoire de la fee verte" by Marie-Claude Delahaye, who runs the Absinthe Museum in Auvers-sur-Oise, north of Paris. She recalls providing Mr. Conrad with much of the artwork and other content, and was a bit miffed at her modest credit in the bibliography. Her book is a much more detailed history, but it's in French and hard to find, so this is a quality English guide to a legendary vice. If you get to Paris, though, go see the museum for more.
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Summary: the drug choice of the nineteenth century revisited
Review: since absinthe is the new and trendy thing in the world of commercial creativity, there has been a total upheaval of interest in the chosen poison of some of our great artists of the nineteenth century. this book is an effective read - rather than pages and pages of text, it's filled with advertisements and art inspired by the alcohol. definitely a worthwhile read - if not for the history of a truly intriguing 'socially acceptable' drug, for the propoganda that resulted from the 'good or bad?' debate at the time.
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Summary: an english-language reference on absinthe...
Review: the english-language reference on absinthe and it's history...considering it was written over 10 years ago, it is just getting real notice...also, some errors and updating need to be done, but the best to be found in english...fun and easy to read, nice collection of photos...
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Summary: A French Connection for the 19th century
Review: This book is totally absorbing for the right kind of person (me, apparently). The connection to artists and writers throughout 19th century France is amazing. It did fall down a bit when the author tried to explain the chemistry. He should've stuck to the quotes. Actually, I'd like to pose a question; is it possible that the emerald glasses referred to in the Wizard of Oz (the book, not the movie) could be glasses of absinthe? I seem to remember that the city was rather shabby and the inhabitants looked through the glasses to see the city in a better light. Nothing like a drug induced haze to improve the view.
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Summary: An absinthe artistic panorama
Review: When I had my first glass of absinthe maybe two years ago, I ordered this gorgeous book. It's a time travel showing the history of absinthe through the life of artists who drank it. To my knowledge, it's the best english language book on the subject. Fully illustrated. Unfortunately it's a paper back.
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