Sylvia Beach and the Lost Generation - (History of Literary Paris in the Twenties and Thirties) by Noel Riley Fitch (Paperback)

This book is a must-read for anyone interested in literary history, Paris in the 1920s, or the life of Sylvia Beach, the courageous and determined woman who built Shakespeare and Company into a hub of international literature.

Drawing on ten years of research and access to Beach's papers, Noel Riley Fitch has written an objective and engaging biography that corrects many errors and misjudgments found in other literary memoirs of the time.

The book provides a richly detailed account of Beach's life, including her love for Shakespeare and Company, her publication of James Joyce's Ulysses, and her support for countless writers, artists, and composers.

With its absorbing story and impressive research, this book is an admirable and wonderfully readable achievement in historical biography.