A Year in Paris: Season by Season in the City of Light,Used

A Year in Paris: Season by Season in the City of Light,Used

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A NEW YORK TIMES 'SUMMER READING' PICK!From the incomparable John Baxter, awardwinning author of the bestselling The Most Beautiful Walk in the World, a sumptuous and definitive portrait of Paris through the seasons, highlighting the unique tastes, sights, and changing personality of the city in spring, summer, fall, and winter.When the common people of France revolted in 1789, one of the first ways they chose to correct the excesses of the monarchy and the church was to rename the months of the year. Selected by poet and playwright PhilippeFrancoisNazaire Fabre, these new names reflected what took place at that season in the natural world; Fructidor was the month of fruit, Floral that of flowers, while the winter wind (vent) dominated Ventse.Though the names didnt stick, these seasonal rhythms of the year continue to define Parisians, as well as travelers to the city. As acclaimed author and longtime Paris resident John Baxter himself recollects, My own arrival in France took place in Nivse, the month of snow, and continued in Pluvise, the season of rain. To someone coming from Los Angeles, where seasons barely existed, the shock was visceral. Struggling to adjust, I found reassurance in the literature, music, even the cuisine of my adoptive country, all of which marched to the inaudible drummer of the seasons.Devoting a section of the book to each of Fabres months, Baxter draws upon Pariss literary, cultural and artistic past to paint an affecting, unforgettable portrait of the city. Touching upon the various ghosts of Paris past, from Hemingway and Zelda Fitzgerald, to Claude Debussy to MFK Fisher to Francois Mitterrand, Baxter evokes the rhythms of the seasons in the City of Light, and the sense of wonder they can arouse for all who visit and live there.A melange of history, travel reportage, and myth, of high culture and low, A Year in Paris is vintage John Baxter: a vicarious thrill ride for anyone who loves Paris.

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