The Seine: The River that Made Paris
Author | : Elaine Sciolino |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 2019-10-29 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780393609363 |
ISBN-13 | : 0393609367 |
Rating | : 4/5 (63 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: An American Library in Paris "Coups de Coeur" Selection A Los Angeles Times Bestseller "Elaine Sciolino is a graceful, companionable writer.… [She] has laid one more beautiful and amusing wreath on the altar of the City of Light.” —Edmund White, New York Times 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 portrait of the world’s most irresistible river.