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The Resource Five nights in Paris : after dark in the City of Light, John Baxter

Five nights in Paris : after dark in the City of Light, John Baxter

Label
Five nights in Paris : after dark in the City of Light
Title
Five nights in Paris
Title remainder
after dark in the City of Light
Statement of responsibility
John Baxter
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
The preeminent expat writer on Paris and author of The Most Beautiful Walk in the World takes you on an unforgettable nocturnal stroll through five iconic Parisian neighborhoods and his own memories. John Baxter enchanted readers with his literary tour of Paris in The Most Beautiful Walk in the World. Now, this expat who has lived in the City of Light for more than twenty years introduces you to the city's streets after dark, revealing hidden treasures and unexpected delights. As he takes you through five of the city's greatest neighborhoods--Montmartre, Montparnasse, the Marais, and more--Baxter shares pithy anecdotes about his life in France, as well as fascinating knowledge he has gleaned from leading literary tours of the city by dark. With Baxter as your guide, you will discover the City of Light as never before, walking in the ghostly footsteps of Marcel Proust, the quintessential night owl for whom memory was more vivid than reality; Hungarian photographer Gyula Halász, known as Brassai, who prowled the midnight streets, camera in hand, with his friend Henry Miller; Louis Aragon and Philippe Soupault, who shared the Surrealists' taste for the city's shadowed, secret world; and Josephine Baker and other African-American performers who dazzled adventurous Parisians at late-night jazz clubs. A feast for the mind and the senses, Five Nights in Paris takes you through the haunts of Paris's most storied artists and writers to the scenes of its most infamous crimes in a lively off-the-beaten-path tour not found in any guidebook
Biography type
contains biographical information
Cataloging source
DLC
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1939-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Baxter, John
Dewey number
914.4/361048412
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
DC708
LC item number
.B38 2015
Literary form
non fiction
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Baxter, John
  • Nightlife
  • Neighborhoods
  • Walking
  • Paris (France)
  • Paris (France)
  • Paris (France)
  • Paris (France)
Label
Five nights in Paris : after dark in the City of Light, John Baxter
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Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
18 cm.
Edition
First edition.
Extent
vii, 334 pages
Isbn
9780062296252
Lccn
2015000100
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • ocn883146063
  • (OCoLC)883146063
Label
Five nights in Paris : after dark in the City of Light, John Baxter
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
18 cm.
Edition
First edition.
Extent
vii, 334 pages
Isbn
9780062296252
Lccn
2015000100
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • ocn883146063
  • (OCoLC)883146063

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