Expatriate Paris: A Cultural and Literary Guide to Paris of the 1920s

by Arlen J. Hansen

Book Overview

Paris has long been a storied center of art and culture, and of romance, but in the 1920s its magnetism was especially irresistible. From around the world writers, artists, and composers steamed in,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1559700181
• ISBN13: 9781559700184
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Arcade Pub
• Length: 335 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Brilliant investigation; witty revelation of expatriate Pari

Hansen has given us a gift. His investigation into the haunts and habits of American writers and their circle in 1920's Paris is brilliant. Read the book and understand, in part, much of what they lived and how it manifests in their work. This is worth reading for myriad reasons. It is a romance, an adventure, an exploration.

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The late Arlen Hansen was a legendery professor at the University of the Pacific, and a professor of mine. He taught a course on expatriate Paris in the 20's, and his passion for his subject comes through on every page of this book. I copied down information from this book for a recent trip to Paris, and without it I never would have found the apartment building in which Zelda Fitzgerald jammed the elevator on her and Scott's floor so that it would always be waiting for them (to the dismay of the manager). Such tid bits of delicious trivia abound on every page, and I highly recommend this book, especially if you are a fan of the literary 20's, and are planning on a trip to Paris in the future.