William Wiser
Auteur van The Crazy Years. Paris in the twenties
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The Twilight Years : Paris in the 1930s door William Wiser
Somewhat interesting book on the Paris of the 1930s, though if you've read biographies of Ivar Krueger, or have read William L. Shirer, a lot of this will be familiar, which tends to take from the book. And what is left is a bit of nostalgie de la boue for some of the squalid lives of some of the writers.
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Light biographies covering the Paris years of five women whose lives were connected with the arts, in more or less chronological order: Mary Cassatt, Edith Wharton, Caresse Crosby, Zelda Fitzgerald, and Josephine Baker.. The author assumes that readers are familiar with his well-documented subjects (with the exception, perhaps, of Caresse Crosby, a relative unknown who lived high and went in for the publication of cheap but well-produced editions of English language books). Told with easy grace by an author with an insider's feel for Paris.… (meer)
ספר מרתק על שנות העשרים בפריז. בעיקר על האמריקנים בפריז אבל לא רק. לא ייאמן כמה כישרון הסתובב שם ברחובות וחיכך מרפקים זה עם זה באותם מקומות בו זמנית. פרוקפייב וסטראוינסקי ודיאגילב ופיקסו והמניגווי וג'ימס ג'ויס ומי לא. כתוב כספר רכילות מרתק ונעים לקריאה.
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