{"product_id":"montparnasse-john-baxter-9780062679048","title":"Montparnasse: Paris's District of Memory and Desire","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the third portrait of his series Great Parisian Neighborhoods, award-winning raconteur John Baxter takes readers on a dazzling excursion of Montparnasse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the IACP Award-winning author of the national bestseller \u003cem\u003eThe Most Beautiful Walk in the World\u003c\/em\u003e, MONTPARNASSE reveals the history and present delights of the iconic neighborhood that is best associated with the vibrant 1920-30s-era Paris--a romantic time and place evoked in Hemingway's memoir \u003cem\u003eA Moveable Feast\u003c\/em\u003e and Henry Miller's \u003cem\u003eTropic of Cancer\u003c\/em\u003e. From the first meeting of Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald to their friendship's bitter conclusion; from the courage of the anti-Nazi resistance to the clubs where German generals partied; from the attempted murder of Samuel Beckett to the rise of Josephine Baker to stardom; from the high life of the Coupole and the Cafe du D me to the bawdy music halls of rue de la Gait ; no Paris quarter has witnessed more tumultuous events than Montparnasse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a ground-breaking reappraisal of this most glamorous of Paris's districts, Baxter looks beyond the nostalgia to the secret history of Montparnasse, a district where desire effaced memory and every taste could be satisfied--even those which were unexpressed. If, as Oscar Wilde suggested, all good Americans went to Paris when they died, it was Montparnasse that brought them back to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Baxter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 006267904X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062679048\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/07\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 4.90w x 0.80d","brand":"John Baxter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946174939391,"sku":"9780062679048","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_f66f3f6c-699f-4140-9454-f8663ccce881.jpg?v=1681511886","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/montparnasse-john-baxter-9780062679048","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}