5 books to read in Paris
Writers have loved Paris for centuries; taste their honeyed words and you will, too.
1
“A MOVEABLE FEAST’’
Ernest Hemingway’s recollections of American expat life in Paris in the 1920s sketch bars, cafes, and hotels still central to the myths of the City of Light.
2
“PARIS FRANCE’’
Gertrude Stein’s stream-of-
consciousness account shows how to eat, drink, cross the street, and dress French.
Wrote Stein, “Paris is where
the 20th century was.’’
3
“LIFE WITH PICASSO’’
Françoise Gilot met Pablo
Picasso in Paris in 1943.
Her book captures the artistic ferment of the city during
the German occupation and
immediate postwar era.
4
“THE FLÂNEUR’’
Edmund White plays the flâneur — a seemingly aimless wanderer with a keen eye
for observation — in this
alternative guide that ranges from gay Paris to a history
of black Americans there.
5
“LES MISÉRABLES’’
Forget the musical and mine Victor Hugo’s original novel
for a sweeping and detailed sense of old Paris.
PATRICIA HARRIS
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