An Apartment in Paris

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Summary: It's the next best thing to being in Paris!
Review: Farrar manages to take you on an extended visit to Paris without leaving your armchair. After the recent unpleasantness between France and America, he gives a welcome reminder of the deep fondness and curiosity which links the two countries.

The idiosyncrasies of the people you meet make them fascinating and human. You can almost smell the delicious aromas wafting up from the restaurants in the alley behind the apartment. You hear the street sounds. You see the lights from the passing bateaux-mouches at night wash theatrically across the buildings.

Altogether a delightful and thought-provoking escape!

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Summary: A Paris year of thoughtful enchantment
Review: This book is both thoughtful and delightful. The author, turning 50, his wife, and their 18-year-old daughter lived for a year in an apartment overlooking the Seine and Notre Dame. Their different temperaments and experiences are interwoven so that their explorations of Paris and environs become explorations of themselves and their relationships with each other. The vivid descriptions of Paris and the French are charming and wise. This account is a find for everyone who has ever loved Paris.