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The manual of Saint-Germain-des-Prés / Boris Vian.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vian, Boris, 1920-1959.
- Standardized Title:
- Manuel de Saint-Germain-des-Prés. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Saint-Germain-des-Prés (Paris, France : Quarter).
- Paris (France)--Intellectual life--20th century.
- Paris (France).
- Saint-Germain-des-Prés (Paris, France : Quarter)--Pictorial works.
- Paris (France)--Intellectual life--20th century--Pictorial works.
- Intellectual life.
- France--Paris.
- France--Paris--Saint-Germain-des-Prés (Quarter).
- Genre:
- Pictorial works.
- Illustrated works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 190 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Rizzoli, 2005.
- Summary:
- Rizzoli is pleased to present the first English-language translation of Manual of St-Germain-des-Pres by beloved French author Boris Vian. Paris in the fifties was an incredible place and time: with the end of the war, everything seemed possible. Vian's book, a guided tour of the left bank cafes, galleries, underground jazz clubs, theaters, and apartment salons captures the transformative culture of the existentialist and post-surrealistic circles. The list of luminaries he ran with includes Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Jean Cocteau, Jean Genet, Alberto Giacometti, Juliette Greco, Raymond Queneau, Jacques Prevert, Miles Davis, and, of course, Jean-Paul Sartre. Manual of St-Germain-des-Pres is a chronicle of a period, a place, a circle, and a lifestyle, highlighted in this volume with sumptuous photographs by Georges Dudognon that illustrate Vian's words. A broader cultural context for Vian's work is provided in the introduction.
- Contents:
- Geography 1
- Facts and Myths 22
- Anthology and Personalities 92
- The Streets 164
- Posology and Directions for Use 180.
- Notes:
- "The first English translation of Le Manuel de Saint-Germain-des-Prés, a guide to the cultural explosion in Paris' Left Bank after the war."--Page 4 of cover.
- ISBN:
- 0847826589
- 9780847826582
- OCLC:
- 62134063
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