The only street in Paris : life on the Rue des Martyrs / Elaine Sciolino.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sciolino, Elaine, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rue des Martyrs (Paris, France).

Sciolino, Elaine, 1948---Homes and haunts--France--Paris.

Sciolino, Elaine.

Streets--France--Paris.

Streets.

Neighborhoods--France--Paris.

Neighborhoods.

Street life--France--Paris.

Street life.

Paris (France)--Social life and customs.

Paris (France).

Americans--France--Paris--Biography.

Americans.

Jewish women--France--Paris--Biography.

Jewish women.

Paris (France)--Description and travel.

Paris (France)--Biography.

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 294 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2016]

Summary:

"Part memoir, part travelogue, part love letter to the people who live and work on a magical street in Paris. Elaine Sciolino, the former Paris bureau chief for the New York Times, invites us on a tour of her favorite Parisian street, offering an homage to street life and the pleasures of Parisian living. 'I can never be sad on the rue des Martyrs,' Sciolino explains, as she celebrates the neighborhood's rich history and vibrant lives. While many cities suffer from the leveling effects of globalization, the rue des Martyrs maintains its distinct allure. On this street, the patron saint of France was beheaded and the Jesuits took their first vows. It was here that Edgar Degas and Pierre-Auguste Renoir painted circus acrobats, Emile Zola situated a lesbiandinner club in his novel Nana, and Francois Truffaut filmed scenes from The 400 Blows. Sciolino reveals the charms and idiosyncrasies of this street and its longtime residents--the Tunisian greengrocer, the husband-and-wife cheesemongers, the showman who's been running a transvestite cabaret for more than half a century, the owner of a hundred-year-old bookstore, the woman who repairs eighteenth-century mercury barometers--bringing Paris alive in all of its unique majesty. The Only Street in Paris willmake readers hungry for Paris, for cheese and wine, and for the kind of street life that is all too quickly disappearing"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The perfect street

Searching for home

Is fish necessary?

Hidden in plain sight

Wedding the crowd

Now, this is butter!

To catch a mouse

The meaning of martyrdom

Some of my favorite ghosts

The knife sharpener

Guess who's comingto passover?

To be a Jew in Paris

Cheaper than a psychiatrist

In celebration of books

The artisan with the golden touch

Minister of the night

The dive

The Flying House of the Virgin Mary

A street fit for a pope

Le kale americain est arrive!

The resurrection of fish

Le potluck.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-294).

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Beardwood Fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9780393242379 : HRD

0393242374 : HRD