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Title: Paris: Capital of the World by Patrice Higonnet, Arthur Goldhammer ISBN: 0-674-00887-1 Publisher: Belknap Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Intriguing new perspective
Comment: If you're looking for a general history of Paris, this book is not for you. On the other hand, if you already have a fair knowledge of Parisian history and culture, and if you are intrigued by the intersections of reality and imagination, don't miss it. Anyone who has ever lived in a big city, especially one with history, knows that the essence of the city is more than simply the sum of its buildings and inhabitants. This is particularly clear in the case of Paris - as a city, it is almost more myth than reality. Everyone is familiar, to some extent, with the images and ideas associated with Paris. Higonnet's book can show you how and when these myths originated. The amount of casual erudition in the book can be overwhelming at times, but a dedicated reader will find it rewarding. In addition, Higonnet's ever-elegant and quietly ironic style, combined with what is clearly a deep feeling for Paris, will make you want to keep on reading even when the sheer quantity of information is intimidating.
Rating: 2
Summary: How can you make Paris dull? Here's how...
Comment: I was tricked into buying this book. It is being marketed as a general history of Paris for the traveler or Francophile. Unfortunately, it reads much more like someone's masters thesis. As such, it brings with it all the usual problems of academic writing. Here is a sample sentence:
"In perfect anthithesis to this, phantasmagoria was an ideological mechanism of exclusion."
Sadly, there's lots more where that came from. This book was not written to entertain, inspire, or inform the reader; it was written to promote the author's erudition.
If you're looking for a general history of Paris, I'm sure there are many other options that are more readable.
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Title: The Seven Ages of Paris by Alistair Horne ISBN: 0679454810 Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Pub. Date: 12 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Paris, Capital of Modernity by David Harvey ISBN: 041594421X Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong: Why We Love France but Not the French by Jean-Benoit Nadeau, Julie Barlow ISBN: 1402200455 Publisher: Sourcebooks Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Paris in Mind: Three Centuries of Americans Writing About Paris by Jennifer Lee ISBN: 1400031028 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 08 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Paris Stories by Mavis Gallant, Michael Ondaatje ISBN: 1590170229 Publisher: New York Review of Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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