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Summary: "çà , c'est paris"!
Review: "çà , c'est paris"! is a popular french song from WWII period. Parisians sang it when Paris was delivered by US and french troops. This is the song I started whislting when I read the first pages and table of contents of this book. It's good to read paris guide books where you're not obliged to go through 50 pages of historical descriptions before you understand what paris is all about. This book is not dull. It is well documented even if this documentation has nothing to do with "classical" culture. It belongs to a tradition in French publishing business: collection of essays written by famous writers about a specific place. In this case, I do not know the writers (I am french)and am not influenced by their past works. One could imagine to publish the same kind of books with texts from Victor Hugo, Ernst Hemmingway and other famous writers.
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Summary: "çà, c'est paris"!
Review: "çà, c'est paris"! is a popular french song from WWII period. Parisians sang it when Paris was delivered by US and french troops. This is the song I started whislting when I read the first pages and table of contents of this book. It's good to read paris guide books where you're not obliged to go through 50 pages of historical descriptions before you understand what paris is all about. This book is not dull. It is well documented even if this documentation has nothing to do with "classical" culture. It belongs to a tradition in French publishing business: collection of essays written by famous writers about a specific place. In this case, I do not know the writers (I am french)and am not influenced by their past works. One could imagine to publish the same kind of books with texts from Victor Hugo, Ernst Hemmingway and other famous writers.
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Summary: "çà, c'est paris"!
Review: "çà, c'est paris"! is a popular french song from WWII period. Parisians sang it when Paris was delivered by US and french troops. This is the song I started whislting when I read the first pages and table of contents of this book. It's good to read paris guide books where you're not obliged to go through 50 pages of historical descriptions before you understand what paris is all about. This book is not dull. It is well documented even if this documentation has nothing to do with "classical" culture. It belongs to a tradition in French publishing business: collection of essays written by famous writers about a specific place. In this case, I do not know the writers (I am french)and am not influenced by their past works. One could imagine to publish the same kind of books with texts from Victor Hugo, Ernst Hemmingway and other famous writers.
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Summary: Travelers' Tales Paris
Review: "If Paris is the main dish, here is a rich and fascinating assortment of hors d'oeuvres. Bon appetit et bon voyage!"-Peter Mayle, author of A Year in Provence"The book is a must...for all who relish the delights of new discoveries, those who enjoy getting lost, those who marvel at each encounter as it arises, those whose ultimate test of good-value travel is not in how much they spend but in how much they experience and savor."-International Travel News
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Summary: An American in Paris
Review: Ahhh Paris. As a graduate student fortunate to be studying in Paris, I found myself falling into the dull routine of class and studying. I was failing to appreciate one of the prettiest cities on earth. This book opened my eyes to the multitude of interesting "trucs" around me in the Latin Quarter. Although some of the stories are more interesting than others, there is genuinely something for everyone's taste in this book. I now often study at the "Deux Magots" cafe due to its history and popularity with Jean Paul Sartres and Simone de Beauvoir that I read about. This book is wonderful for anyone interested in Paris, wanting to take a mental journey there, or a seasoned traveller who thinks they already know Paris. Anyone armed with "Paris Traveler's Tales" can discover the "Joie de Vivre" en Paris!
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Summary: An American in Paris
Review: Ahhh Paris. As a graduate student fortunate to be studying in Paris, I found myself falling into the dull routine of class and studying. I was failing to appreciate one of the prettiest cities on earth. This book opened my eyes to the multitude of interesting "trucs" around me in the Latin Quarter. Although some of the stories are more interesting than others, there is genuinely something for everyone's taste in this book. I now often study at the "Deux Magots" cafe due to its history and popularity with Jean Paul Sartres and Simone de Beauvoir that I read about. This book is wonderful for anyone interested in Paris, wanting to take a mental journey there, or a seasoned traveller who thinks they already know Paris. Anyone armed with "Paris Traveler's Tales" can discover the "Joie de Vivre" en Paris!
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Summary: A Must for Travelers
Review: Before my first trip to Paris this summer, I bought practically every guidebook there is so that I could be fully prepared. Fortunately, this book was included in my selections. For it turned out to be the one which had the biggest effect on my trip and the way I looked at Paris. A series of eclectic stories about every facet of Paris, the book gives readers ideas that your average guidebook could never do. This book, above all, led me to a charming restaurant on a dark side street near St-Michel called "Roger la Grenouille." My visit here was the highlight of my trip, and I never would have found it had it not been for this wonderful book. A must!
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Summary: A Must for Travelers
Review: Before my first trip to Paris this summer, I bought practically every guidebook there is so that I could be fully prepared. Fortunately, this book was included in my selections. For it turned out to be the one which had the biggest effect on my trip and the way I looked at Paris. A series of eclectic stories about every facet of Paris, the book gives readers ideas that your average guidebook could never do. This book, above all, led me to a charming restaurant on a dark side street near St-Michel called "Roger la Grenouille." My visit here was the highlight of my trip, and I never would have found it had it not been for this wonderful book. A must!
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Summary: Evocative and informative
Review: I took one of the Traveler's Tales books on my trip to Paris, and bought this one when I got back. One of the stories made me miss Paris so much that I wept. I'm doling the stories out slowly to make them last. If you love Paris, this book will keep your psychic connection alive.
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Summary: A luminous collection about the City of Light
Review: If I had not already been Paris-bound, this book assuredly would have had me calling the airlines. What a wonderful, eclectic collection of essays! The piece on Ste. Chappelle, for example, actually manages to convey the jaw-dropping, heart-clenching, breath-taking sheer beauty of the place. Other pieces, such as SOS Medecin, captured utterly the blend of whimsy and solemnity that is Paris. You don't have to be headed for Paris to love this book; you don't even have to be a traveler.
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