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Paris in the Fifties - Community Reviews back

by Stanley Karnow
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Musings of a Book Addict
Musings of a Book Addict rated it 12 years ago
Stanley Karnow is definitely a great writer, but I'm much more interested in the artists and revolutionary writers of 1950's Paris, not the cigar-smoking, gin-playing, "Mad Men" of the newspaper world. If that's your bag, pick this book up immediately, otherwise skip it.
MEslaymaker
MEslaymaker rated it 14 years ago
Like the blurb says: "A beautiful and bygone era comes to life again in this exquisite chronicle of postwar Paris, elegantly penned by an award-winning American journalist who was there."Exquisite and elegant in the same sentence. Sounds like something I'd dash off. Karnow has a knack for nimbly nav...
MEslaymaker
MEslaymaker rated it 14 years ago
Like the blurb says: "A beautiful and bygone era comes to life again in this exquisite chronicle of postwar Paris, elegantly penned by an award-winning American journalist who was there."Exquisite and elegant in the same sentence. Sounds like something I'd dash off. Karnow has a knack for nimbly nav...
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