Whether evoking the cool of a deserted church on a hot summer's day, remembering Notre Dame in a winter storm in 1940, describing chestnut trees lit up at night like 'Japanese lanterns' or lamenting the passing of street cries and old buildings, his book is filled with unforgettable imagery. It is a meditation on getting lost and wasting time, and on what it truly means to know a city.
Julian Green (Author)
Julian Green was born in Paris in 1900, the son of American
parents. He published over sixty-five books in France, including
novels, essays, plays and fourteen volumes of his journal. During
the First World War, he served in the American Red Cross and then
in the French Army; during the Second World War, he worked at the
US Office of War Information, broadcasting to France on the radio.
As an American, Julian Green gained the honour of being the only
foreign member of the Academie Francaise. He died in Paris in
1998.
Lila Azam Zanganeh (Introducer)
Lila Azam Zanganeh is an Iranian-French writer. She is the author
of The Enchanter- Nabokov and Happiness and edited a volume of
essays by Iranian writers, My Sister Guard Your Veil, My Brother
Guard Your Eyes. She was a member of the jury for the 2017 Man
Booker Prize for fiction.
Truthful, unpretentious and haunting The Times Literary Supplement Exquisitely literary in a traditional French manner New York Review of Books Paris has many moments of truly arresting beauty...the attention to detail is astonishing, and reflects the memories of someone who has devoted years of their life to the art of getting lost in the city Observer A magical memoir of Paris...His non-fiction has a tender emotional directness that remains startling and original...Like many great writers on urban life, Green became the city he inhabited, and his book is as much a guide to the inside of his mind as it is to Paris Telegraph
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