The Seine: The River That Made Paris

by Elaine Sciolino

Book Overview

Blending memoir, travelogue, and history, The Seine is a love letter to Paris and the river that determined its destiny. Master storyteller and longtime New York Times foreign correspondent Elaine Sciolino explores the Seine through its lively characters--a bargewoman, a riverbank bookseller, a houseboat dweller, a famous cinematographer--and follows it from the remote plateaus of Burgundy through Paris and to the sea. The Seine is a vivid, enchanting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393358593
• ISBN13: 9780393358599
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.2"