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The ruins of Paris / Jacques Réda ; translated by Mark Treharne.
Van Pelt Library PQ2678.E28 R813 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Réda, Jacques, 1929-
- Series:
- Topographics
- Standardized Title:
- Ruines de Paris. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Réda, Jacques, 1929-.
- Paris (France)--Description and travel.
- Paris (France).
- Réda, Jacques, 1929---Jouneys--France--Paris.
- Réda, Jacques.
- France--Paris.
- Local Subjects:
- Paris (France)--Description and travel.
- Physical Description:
- 138 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London, UK : Reaktion Books, 1996.
- Summary:
- Jacques Reda leads us through the arrondissements and suburbs of Paris and beyond in a journey that moves to the rhythm of walking, of trains, of the hopeful tempo of upbeat jazz. This is the first translation of Reda's prose into English.
- "Meditative and lyrical, ironic and elegant" -- Scotland on Sunday
- "His book is an elliptical tribute to Paris, but something more -- a thank-you for being briefly a spectator in an abundant world" -- Architect's Journal
- ISBN:
- 0948462930
- OCLC:
- 36065717
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