Paris in the Fifties
Author:
Publisher:
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date:
2012
Edition:
Unabridged
Language:
English
Description
In June 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. By the time he left, Karnow knew Paris so intimately that his French colleagues dubbed him "le plus parisien des Américains"-the most Parisian American. Now, Karnow returns to the France of his youth, perceptively and wittily illuminating a time and place like no other. Karnow came to France at a time when the French were striving to return to the life they had enjoyed before the devastation of World War II. Yet even during food shortages, political upheavals, and the struggle to come to terms with a world in which France was no longer the mighty power it had been, Paris remained a city of style, passion, and romance. Paris in the Fifties transports us to Latin Quarter cafés and basement jazz clubs, unheated apartments and glorious ballrooms. We meet such prominent political figures as Charles de Gaulle and Pierre Mendès-France, as well as Communist hacks and the demagogic tax rebel Pierre Poujade. We get to know illustrious intellectuals-such as Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, and André Malraux-and visit the glittering salons where aristocrats mingled with novelists, poets, critics, artists, composers, playwrights, and actors. Karnow takes us to marathon murder trials, accompanies a group of tipsy wine connoisseurs on a tour of the Beaujolais vineyards, and recalls the famous automobile race at Le Mans when a catastrophic accident killed eighty-three spectators. Back in Paris, Karnow hung out with visiting celebrities like Ernest Hemingway, Orson Welles, and Audrey Hepburn, and we meet them too. A veteran reporter and historian, Karnow has written a vivid, delightful history of a charmed decade in the greatest city in the world.
More Copies In Prospector
Loading Prospector Copies...
More Details
Contributors:
ISBN:
9781982486983
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Staff View
Grouping Information
Grouped Work ID | 58b44b6d-247d-545e-c345-b4030c2c22eb |
---|---|
Grouping Title | paris in the fifties |
Grouping Author | stanley karnow |
Grouping Category | book |
Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2023-11-23 01:40:29AM |
Last Indexed | 2024-03-28 02:50:47AM |
Solr Fields
accelerated_reader_point_value
0
accelerated_reader_reading_level
0
auth_author2
Hurt, Christopher
author
Karnow, Stanley
author2-role
Hurt, Christopher,reader
hoopla digital
hoopla digital
author_display
Karnow, Stanley
display_description
In June 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. By the time he left, Karnow knew Paris so intimately that his French colleagues dubbed him "le plus parisien des Américains"-the most Parisian American. Now, Karnow returns to the France of his youth, perceptively and wittily illuminating a time and place like no other. Karnow came to France at a time when the French were striving to return to the life they had enjoyed before the devastation of World War II. Yet even during food shortages, political upheavals, and the struggle to come to terms with a world in which France was no longer the mighty power it had been, Paris remained a city of style, passion, and romance. Paris in the Fifties transports us to Latin Quarter cafés and basement jazz clubs, unheated apartments and glorious ballrooms. We meet such prominent political figures as Charles de Gaulle and Pierre Mendès-France, as well as Communist hacks and the demagogic tax rebel Pierre Poujade. We get to know illustrious intellectuals-such as Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, and André Malraux-and visit the glittering salons where aristocrats mingled with novelists, poets, critics, artists, composers, playwrights, and actors. Karnow takes us to marathon murder trials, accompanies a group of tipsy wine connoisseurs on a tour of the Beaujolais vineyards, and recalls the famous automobile race at Le Mans when a catastrophic accident killed eighty-three spectators. Back in Paris, Karnow hung out with visiting celebrities like Ernest Hemingway, Orson Welles, and Audrey Hepburn, and we meet them too. A veteran reporter and historian, Karnow has written a vivid, delightful history of a charmed decade in the greatest city in the world.
format_boulder
eAudiobook
format_category_boulder
Audio Books
eBook
eBook
id
58b44b6d-247d-545e-c345-b4030c2c22eb
isbn
9781982486983
last_indexed
2024-03-28T08:50:47.648Z
lexile_score
-1
literary_form
Unknown
literary_form_full
Unknown
primary_isbn
9781982486983
publishDate
2012
publisher
Blackstone Publishing
recordtype
grouped_work
subject_facet
Autobiography
Biography
France
History
Biography
France
History
title_display
Paris in the Fifties
title_full
Paris in the Fifties [electronic resource] / Stanley Karnow
title_short
Paris in the Fifties
topic_facet
Autobiography
Biography
History
Biography
History
Solr Details Tables
item_details
Bib Id | Item Id | Shelf Loc | Call Num | Format | Format Category | Num Copies | Is Order Item | Is eContent | eContent Source | eContent URL | Detailed Status | Last Checkin | Location |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
hoopla:MWT10024499 | Online Hoopla Collection | Online Hoopla | eAudiobook | Audio Books | 1 | false | true | Hoopla | https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/10024499?utm_source=MARC&Lid=hh4435 | Available Online |
record_details
Bib Id | Format | Format Category | Edition | Language | Publisher | Publication Date | Physical Description | Abridged |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
hoopla:MWT10024499 | eAudiobook | Audio Books | Unabridged | English | Blackstone Publishing | 2012 | 1 online resource (1 audio file (11hr., 35 min.)) : digital. |
scoping_details_boulder
Bib Id | Item Id | Grouped Status | Status | Locally Owned | Available | Holdable | Bookable | In Library Use Only | Library Owned | Holdable PTypes | Bookable PTypes | Local Url |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
hoopla:MWT10024499 | Available Online | Available Online | false | true | false | false | false | false |