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The Invention of Paris: A History in Footsteps
Eric Hazan
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Description for The Invention of Paris: A History in Footsteps
Paperback. A radical travel guide to Paris through art, literature and revolution. Translator(s): Fernbach, David. Num Pages: 400 pages, 20 black and white illustrations and maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 33. Weight in Grams: 504.
The Invention of Paris is a tour through the streets and history of the French capital under the guidance of radical Parisian author and publisher Eric Hazan.
Hazan reveals a city whose squares echo with the riots, rebellions and revolutions of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Combining the raconteur's ear for a story with a historian's command of the facts, he introduces an incomparable cast of characters: the literati, the philosophers and the artists - Balzac, Baudelaire, Blanqui, Flaubert, Hugo, Maney, and Proust, of course; but also Doisneau, Nerval and Rousseau.
It is a Paris dyed a deep red in its convictions. It is haunted and vitalized by the history of the barricades, which Hazan retells in rich detail. The Invention of Paris opens a window on the forgotten byways of the capital's vibrant and bloody past, revealing the city in striking new colors.
Hazan reveals a city whose squares echo with the riots, rebellions and revolutions of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Combining the raconteur's ear for a story with a historian's command of the facts, he introduces an incomparable cast of characters: the literati, the philosophers and the artists - Balzac, Baudelaire, Blanqui, Flaubert, Hugo, Maney, and Proust, of course; but also Doisneau, Nerval and Rousseau.
It is a Paris dyed a deep red in its convictions. It is haunted and vitalized by the history of the barricades, which Hazan retells in rich detail. The Invention of Paris opens a window on the forgotten byways of the capital's vibrant and bloody past, revealing the city in striking new colors.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Verso
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844677054
SKU
V9781844677054
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About Eric Hazan
Eric Hazan is the founder of the publisher La Fabrique and the author of several books, including Notes on the Occupation and the highly acclaimed The Invention of Paris. He has lived in Paris, France, all his life.
Reviews for The Invention of Paris: A History in Footsteps
[Hazan] stalks the capital, fulminating about the nineteenth and twentieth centuries' artistic and political rebellions.
Bookforum
Detailed, passionate ... Any visit to [Paris] would be made richer by taking the time to read Hazan's book.
Angela Meyer
Bookslut
This is a wondrous book, either to be read at home with a decent map, or carried about sur place through areas no tourists bother with.
Adam Thorpe
The Guardian
Hazan is all business. He trudges through Paris street by street, quoting what Balzac, Hugo, Baudelaire or Kafka said about a particular spot, pointing out where barricades were once erected and thieves gathered for drinks.
Donald Morrison
Financial Times
Amid the intellectual murkiness of the European scene, a few bright flames are burning: as witness the work of Eric Hazan.
New Left Review
[F]ew will be able to resist ... Hazan's brick-by-brick account of the city's history of strife and political posturing is riveting.
Publishers Weekly
Do you want to be happy? Buy this book and take a stroll.
Les Inrockuptibles
Hazan wants to rescue individual moments from general forgetting and key sites from the bland homogenization of international city development; he is also a passionate left-wing historian seeking to rescue the truth of Paris's revolutionary past.
Julian Barnes
London Review of Books
One of the greatest books about the city anyone has written in decades, towering over a crowded field, passionate and lyrical and sweeping and immediate.
New York Review of Books
This book is both a political and aesthetic delight, uncovering the real mysteries of Paris.
Andrew Hussey, author of Paris: The Secret History With its astonishing breadth of reference and incredible detail, this is a must for all lovers of Paris.
Kevin Rushby, author of Paradise: A History of the Idea that Rules the World [A] stunning book.
Aaron Freundschuh
H-Net Reviews
Bookforum
Detailed, passionate ... Any visit to [Paris] would be made richer by taking the time to read Hazan's book.
Angela Meyer
Bookslut
This is a wondrous book, either to be read at home with a decent map, or carried about sur place through areas no tourists bother with.
Adam Thorpe
The Guardian
Hazan is all business. He trudges through Paris street by street, quoting what Balzac, Hugo, Baudelaire or Kafka said about a particular spot, pointing out where barricades were once erected and thieves gathered for drinks.
Donald Morrison
Financial Times
Amid the intellectual murkiness of the European scene, a few bright flames are burning: as witness the work of Eric Hazan.
New Left Review
[F]ew will be able to resist ... Hazan's brick-by-brick account of the city's history of strife and political posturing is riveting.
Publishers Weekly
Do you want to be happy? Buy this book and take a stroll.
Les Inrockuptibles
Hazan wants to rescue individual moments from general forgetting and key sites from the bland homogenization of international city development; he is also a passionate left-wing historian seeking to rescue the truth of Paris's revolutionary past.
Julian Barnes
London Review of Books
One of the greatest books about the city anyone has written in decades, towering over a crowded field, passionate and lyrical and sweeping and immediate.
New York Review of Books
This book is both a political and aesthetic delight, uncovering the real mysteries of Paris.
Andrew Hussey, author of Paris: The Secret History With its astonishing breadth of reference and incredible detail, this is a must for all lovers of Paris.
Kevin Rushby, author of Paradise: A History of the Idea that Rules the World [A] stunning book.
Aaron Freundschuh
H-Net Reviews