{"product_id":"9780374536459","title":"The Other Paris","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Other Paris\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Luc Sante\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA trip through Paris as it will never be again--dark and dank and poor and slapdash and truly bohemian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eParis, the City of Lights, the city of fine dining and seductive couture and intellectual hauteur, was until fairly recently always accompanied by its shadow: the city of the poor, the outcast, the criminal, the eccentric, the willfully nonconforming. In \u003ci\u003eThe Other Paris\u003c\/i\u003e, Luc Sante gives us a panoramic view of that second metropolis, which has nearly vanished but whose traces are in the bricks and stones of the contemporary city, in the culture of France itself, and, by extension, throughout the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on testimony from a great range of witnesses, Sante, whose thorough research is matched only by the vividness of his narration, takes the reader on a whirlwind tour. Richly illustrated with more than three hundred images, \u003ci\u003eThe Other Paris \u003c\/i\u003escuttles through the knotted pre-Haussmann streets, through the improvised accommodations of the original bohemians, through the whorehouses and dance halls and hobo shelters of the old city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA lively survey of labor conditions, prostitution, drinking, crime, and popular entertainment, and of the reporters, \u003ci\u003eréaliste \u003c\/i\u003esingers, pamphleteers, and poets who chronicled their evolution, \u003ci\u003eThe Other Paris \u003c\/i\u003eis a book meant to upend the story of the French capital, to reclaim the city from the bons vivants and the speculators, and to hold a light to the work and lives of those expunged from its center by the forces of profit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This brilliant, beautifully written essay is the finest book I have ever read about Paris. \u003ci\u003eEver\u003c\/i\u003e. Thank you, Luc Sante.” —Paul Auster\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Nowadays,  the old crowded, swarming, surly cities are at least half-forgotten.  But in this great chronicle Luc Sante recalls when Paris was rougher,  when the poor, the tough, the unregulated, the underworld, thrived  there; maybe the city was also less rough, in that there was room for  nearly everyone all the way down the social ladder. Hanging over \u003ci\u003eThe Other Paris\u003c\/i\u003e  is the contemporary curse of cities that perhaps hit Paris first, of  cities that have become bland transnational stopping places for the  privileged. Magisterial as ever, Sante returns us to the flavor,  texture, savor, shouts, and clashes of the bygone city.” —Rebecca Solnit\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Other Paris\u003c\/i\u003e  is a heartbreaking spectacle, immense in intellectual and political  scope and emotional reach. Peopled by crooks and movie stars, gamblers  and thinkers, the world's premier city of dreams is rendered, through  Luc Sante's fine hand, historian's eye, and poet's heart, into a place  we hardly knew-a world of hitherto unknown mysteries and realities. A  grand journey in an epic work.” —Hilton Als\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Sante’s knowledge of  the voluminous Paris literature is prodigious . . . Sante’s great gift  is his ability to draw on the ‘verbal photography’ of previous writers  to send the reader back in time.” —Arthur Goldhammer, \u003ci\u003eBookForum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Sante vividly captures this “other” Paris . . .  \u003ci\u003eThe Other Paris\u003c\/i\u003e is immersive and enjoyable. The abundant pictures are fascinating.\" —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“'We  have forgotten what a city was,' Luc Sante provocatively writes about  Paris. By the last chapter of this absorbing book, we are convinced.  Washerwomen and ragpickers, bohemians and clochards, anarchists and  apaches, all play their part in this alternative urban history. This is  not the Gay Paree of Maurice Chevalier, though he too makes an  appearance.” —Witold Rybczynski\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“All who love Paris will love this book.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLong-listed New York Times Book Review Notable Books of the Year (2015), Long-listed Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Guide to the 100 Best Books of the Year (2015)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780374536459\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40642320498894,"sku":"9780374536459","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780374536459","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}