One reason why Paris is a foretaste of heaven is the abundance of bookstores. These are often easy to miss if one does not make the conscious decision to take note. Of late, thanks in large part to thesis-related reading, a whole new world of bookstores with work on Paris as a city, its architecture,…
Category: books on Paris
Paris Fashion Week – Ready to Wear Fall/Winter 2011/12
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/bcvideo/1.0/iframe/embed.html?videoId=100000000682502&playerType=embedFashion week is back in the city, showcasing ready to wear collections for the Fall/Winter of 2011/12. Apart from the Galliano situation – there are several other reasons to celebrate this round of Paris Fashion week – chief among them Lady Gaga’s weird and wonderful presence! The countdown for Men’s 2011/12 fall/winter fashion collections (between…
"Fave" Classic books on Paris
One of the advantages of traveling is catching up on reading – and especially on subjects you love but don;t get round to do so while in the ‘rat race”. So, I took the time away to read old books on Paris and these were my favourite classic titles: Thomas Okey – The Story of…
Catching up on the Classics: Books on Paris (1)
This week my university studies have taken me far from Paris – all the way to West Africa. And while the programme is demanding and the schedule is a bit tight – we had a respectably long flight here and have honorable slots of personal time – so what better to do than (of course…
Hemingway’s 1920s Paris!
Prior to coming to Paris, one of the books that I was most eager to get my hands on was Hemingway’s ” a moveable feast” – I had even thought of naming the blog ” A moveable Feast” before I was lovingly told that the reference would be difficult to understand and meaningless. Not that…
"Metrostop Paris" by Gregor Dallas
I recently picked up an entertaining read that I knew would be interesting from line one of Chapter one which reads “The best time to visit Metrostop No. 1, Denfert-Rochereau is in the morning of Paris’s first day at work, which for most people in Paris is on a Tuesday.” Call it love at first…
"The Seven Ages of Paris"
Well, while riding in the metro and reading through Alistair Horne’s 2002 “Seven Ages of Paris”, it was difficult not to wince at his vivid use of language to describe Paris’ lively and borderline ‘barbaric’ past. Dividing Paris into seven different epochs, he paints an engaging, well researched portrait of an intriguing, history rich city…
Anon's Paris 