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Paris: True Stories of Life on the Road
The stories in Travelers' Tales Paris throw open the creaky door of history and let the light of this marvelous city flood out. Just a few of the many authors found in the book are John Gregory Dunne, Ina Caro, Herbert Gold, Jan Morris, Edmund White, and Mort Rosenblum.
424 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 1997
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December 9, 2009
As with any collection of short stories, the set here is a mixed bag. The emphasis is on short, though, most of the stories are just a couple of pages, so it is an easy book to pick up and put down, or read in short bursts. Most of the stories were written not by travelers as I like to to think about the word, but by ex-pats living in Paris for an extended period of time. Several essays are written by students attending school in Paris. This leads to a somewhat different focus than perhaps the week-long Parisian visitor might need.
July 3, 2007
About 75% of the stories are wonderful! The rest are okay or plain awful. I would still encourage people to read it and just skip the stories that don't seem to start out great.
December 8, 2009
Well, I read some of it, the stories that interested me.
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