Paris

Timeless Places

by Judith Mahoney Pasternak

You could spend all your days in Paris slowly sip coffee in outdoor cafes and feel like you have become well acquainted with the City of Lights. Now, you can experience Paris from the comfort of your living room couch as you page through Timeless Places: Paris. With photographs of splendid French magazine covers, quirky paintings on city walls, and illuminated bridges and fountains, you see the culture of Paris.

Pasternak understands what makes Paris such a unique city. She writes about its rich history, covering aspects of the Revolution; its fascinating monuments and buildings, from the Eiffel Tower to the Louvre; and its literary prowess.

Paris is timeless. Its beauty has endured throughout the centuries. Visit other mesmerizing places through the beautiful photography of the Timeless Places series that includes Provence, Tuscany, Venice, Morocco and The Greek Isles.

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, France, Paris, History

95 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 2000

About the author

Resident of Paris, France

Reviews

[Julia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Essentially a coffee table book, this is worth owning for the photographs, which are intimate and surprising. The subjects are more likely to be a hidden corner you'd like to find by accident than the typical postcard shots of Paris. There is enough history and context given in the text to appreciate the sights, but not so much that you become mired in the centuries. A few of the historical buildings mentioned in the text are not featured in the photographs, which is disappointing, and though the text emphasizes that Paris is about Les Parisiens, there are very few photographs that feature people. Still, the book makes me remember my trip fondly and makes me anxious to return.

[Keith · Rating 5 out of 5]

After a brief, yet very informative, history of Paris, Judith Pasternak shares around 100 gorgeous photographs of The City of Light. Prepare yourself for a virtual feast for the eyes that evoked in me a variety of emotions. Some left me reminiscing about the time I was privileged to see those same sites in person, while the others fed an incessant desire to return so that I could see the rest for myself as well. A truly delightful read!

[Cynthia Flores]

Need passport, must travel. Gorgeous book.