The only street in Paris
Subtitle: life on the Rue des Martyrs
By: Elaine Sciolino
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction; Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 421
ISBN-13: 9781410487933
Subjects: Social life and customs; Description and travel; Neighborhoods; Streets; Homes and haunts; Americans; Street life; Large type books; Biography
Description: The former Paris bureau chief for the New York Times invites us on a tour of her favorite Parisian street. "I can never be sad on the rue des Martyrs," Sciolino explains, as she makes readers hungry for Paris, for cheese and wine, and for a street life that is quickly disappearing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-416), discography (page 418) and filmography (page 417).
Table of contents: title: The perfect street; title: Searching for home; title: Is fish necessary?; title: Hidden in plain sight; title: Wedding the crowd; title: Now, this is butter!; title: To catch a mouse; title: The meaning of martyrdom; title: Some of my favorite ghosts; title: The knife sharpener; title: Guess who's coming to passover?; title: The murdered schoolgirls; title: Cheaper than a psychiatrist; title: In celebration of books; title: The artisan with the golden touch; title: Minister of the night; title: The dive; title: The Flying House of the Virgin Mary; title: A street fit for a pope; title: Le kale américain est arrivé!; title: The resurrection of fish; title: Le potluck.