My Paris |
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| Author:
| Scott, Gail |
| Series title: | Lannan Selection Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-56478-297-7 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2003 |
| Publisher: | Deep Vellum Publishing
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| Imprint: | Dalkey Archive Press |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $25.95 |
Book Description:
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A Canadian woman in Paris, not a typical touristprefers indoor spaces, seeing Paris go by on TV or,watching from the window the ever-changing,displays of men's designer clothing across the,boulevard. Either that or she roams the streetscaught between nostalgia for the Left Bank of the,1920s and a competing sense of the present day,commercialism and imperialism. Disillusioned by,her inability to reconcile these contradictionsshe assembles in her journal pieces of the,present, past, of...
More DescriptionA Canadian woman in Paris, not a typical touristprefers indoor spaces, seeing Paris go by on TV or,watching from the window the ever-changing,displays of men's designer clothing across the,boulevard. Either that or she roams the streetscaught between nostalgia for the Left Bank of the,1920s and a competing sense of the present day,commercialism and imperialism. Disillusioned by,her inability to reconcile these contradictionsshe assembles in her journal pieces of the,present, past, of art, philosophy, of herself, and,of the world outside her.