Paris Was Yesterday: 1925-1939, (Paperback)

from Schmerguls

5299. Paris Was Yesterday 1925-1939, by Janet Flanner (Genet) Edited by Irving Drutman (read 6 Aug 2015) This book draws from letters the author sent to The New Yorker beginning in 1925 and ending on Sep 3, 1939. Thus there are contemporaneous accounts of exciting things like Lindbergh's arrival ...

from EricCostello

Mixed bag -- but generally good -- selection of pieces written by The New Yorker's correspondent in Paris from 1925 to 1939. The first batch read like a necrology, discussing recent deaths and death-anniversaries. The real meat comes later, with analyses of things like the Stavisky Affair. As one...

from Schmerguls

5299. Paris Was Yesterday 1925-1939, by Janet Flanner (Genet) Edited by Irving Drutman (read 6 Aug 2015) This book draws from letters the author sent to The New Yorker beginning in 1925 and ending on Sep 3, 1939. Thus there are contemporaneous accounts of exciting things like Lindbergh's arrival ...

from dbsovereign

Per my fascination with 20s Paris I picked this up and found it fun. Flanner has a great sense of history and the fact that she was bisexual got her in with the truly *in* crowd (Stein et al.) hanging out in Paris back prior to WW2. Her book almost reads like a who's who of the pack of expats and...