We'll Never Have Paris
Andrew Gallix
(Editor)
Available
21,000+Â Reviews
Bookshop.org has the highest-rated customer service of any bookstore in the world
Description
In 1948 Robert Doisneau took a picture of a young woman working at her typewriter on the banks of the Seine. With her stylish sunglasses and short skirt, she seems to epitomise Left Bank bohemian chic. In fact she turns out to be the English author Emma Smith, composing her debut novel during a heatwave. We'll Never Have Paris taps into the enduring fascination with a partly fantasised literary Paris (that of the Lost Generation, Joyce, Beckett and Shakespeare and Company) which also happens to be a largely Anglophone construct - one which the Eurostar and Brexit only seem to have exacerbated in recent years. Andrew Gallix, who teaches at the Sorbonne, has brought together many of the most talented and adventurous writers from the UK, Ireland, USA and Australia to explore this theme through fiction and essays, in order to build up a (real or fictitious, flattering or disparaging) portrait of Paris as viewed by English speakers today. The book includes Deborah Levy, Tom McCarthy, Brian Dillon, Joanna Walsh, Eley Williams, Claire-Louise Bennett and some 70 other contributors.Product Details
Price
£16.99
£16.14
Publisher
Watkins Media Limited
Publish Date
21 May 2019
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781912248384
BIC Categories:
Earn By Promoting Books
Earn money by sharing your favourite books through our Affiliate programme.
Become an Affiliate