Paris in the fifties /
In July 1947, fresh out of college and long before he would win the Pulitzer Prize and become known as one of America's finest historians, Stanley Karnow boarded a freighter bound for France, planning to stay for the summer. He stayed for ten years, first as a student and later as a corresponde...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Times Books,
[1997], ©1997
New York : Times Books : Random House, c1997 New York, NY : Times Books/Random House, 1997 New York, NY : c1997 New York, NY : c1997 New York, NY : 1999 New York, NY : [1997] |
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| Summary: | In July 1947, fresh out of college and long before he would win the Pulitzer Prize and become known as one of America's finest historians, Stanley Karnow boarded a freighter bound for France, planning to stay for the summer. He stayed for ten years, first as a student and later as a correspondent for Time magazine Karnow reflects on his years in Paris, begins with his days as a GI Bill student to his tenure at "Time," discusses his career as a correspondent, friendships, and Parisian social, cultural, and intellectual life Paris in the Fifties transports us to Latin Quarter cafes and basement jazz clubs, to unheated apartments and glorious ballrooms. We meet such prominent political figures as Charles de Gaulle and Pierre Mendes-France, as well as Communist hacks and the demagogic tax rebel Pierre Poujade We get to know illustrious intellectuals, among them Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, and Andre Malraux, and visit the glittering salons where aristocrats with exquisite manners mingled with trendy novelists, poets, critics, artists, composers, playwrights, and actors We meet Christian Dior, who taught Karnow the secrets of haute couture, and Prince Curnonsky, France's leading gourmet, who taught the young reporter to appreciate the complexities of haute cuisine. Back in Paris, Karnow hung out with visiting celebrities like Ernest Hemingway, Orson Welles, and Audrey Hepburn, and in Paris in the Fifties we meet them too |
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| Item Description: | Includes index This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC "This work was originally published in hardcover and in slightly different form by Times Books...in 1997"--T.p. verso |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 352 p. : ill. ; 22 cm xiv, 352 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm xiv, 352, [2] pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| ISBN: | 0812927818 0812931378 9780812927818 9780812931372 |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- New York (State) -- New York (City) |