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'Rich and funny' Julian Barnes, Guardian 'Poirier's hugely enjoyable, quick-witted and richly anecdotal book is magnifique' The Times A captivating portrait of those who lived, loved, fought, played and flourished in Paris between 1940 and 1950 and whose intellectual and artistic output still influences us today. After the horrors of the Second World War, Paris was the place where the world's most original voices of the time came - among them Norman Mailer, Miles Davis, Simone de Beauvoir, James Baldwin, Juliette Greco, Alberto Giacometti, Saul Bellow and Arthur Koestler. Fuelled by the elation of the Liberation, these pioneers hoped to find an alternative to the Capitalist and Communist models for life, art and politics - a Third Way. Agnes Poirier transports us to a time when Paris was at the heart of all that was new and brave and controversial, skilfully weaving together a collage of images and destinies.Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-139781408857472
eBay Product ID (ePID)27046605406
Product Key Features
Number of Pages400 Pages
Publication NameLeft Bank: Art, Passion and the Rebirth of Paris 1940-1950
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistory
Publication Year2018
TypeTextbook
AuthorAgnes Poirier
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height198 mm
Item Weight292 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorAgnes Poirier