LOVE FRANCE ❘ JOIE DE VIVRE FILMS LIBRARY PARIS MODERNE: 1914-1945
Jean-Louis Cohen and Guillemette Morel Journel
£55 Flammarion MON MARI
Causing quite the stir in France and abroad, Mon Mari (My Husband) by Maud Ventura is a stylish
literary thriller in the vein of Patricia Highsmith. To the outside world, our protagonist has an
enviable life: a successful career, stunning looks, a beautiful house in the suburbs, two healthy children and, most importantly, an ideal
husband. After 15 years together, she is still besotted – but she’s
never quite sure that her passion is reciprocated. Her obsession leads to trap-setting and
punishment… until one day she goes too far.
Whether at peace or at war, Paris during the first half of the 20th century pulsated with energy as creatives from across Europe flocked to the French capital to experiment with innovative forms of expression. Inspired by technological advances and market expectations, members
from every artistic discipline – art, design, architecture, photography, fashion, and cinema – forged the new face of this resolutely modern city. A kaleidoscopic portrait of this exhilarating artistic surge is documented in this book, which profiles nearly 100 leading creators of the time, including Josephine Baker, Coco Chanel, Le Corbusier, Tamara de Lempicka, Robert Mallet-Stevens, Man Ray, Charlotte Perriand, Jean Prouvé, Helena Rubinstein, and Gertrude Stein. The richly illustrated volume is complete with a photographic journal of Paris today by Antonio Martinelli, retracing the incredible urban landscape that still bears the hallmarks of this prodigious period.
PARIS ISN’T DEAD YET: Surviving Gentrifi cation in the City of Light Cole Stangler £16.99 Saqi Books
The Paris of popular imagination is lined with cobblestone streets and stylish cafés, a beacon for fashionistas and well-heeled tourists. But French American journalist Cole Stangler argues that the beating heart of the City of Light lies elsewhere – in the striving, working-class districts, where residents are now being priced out. Paris Isn’t
Dead Yet explores the past, present and future of the city through the lens of class conflict, highlighting the role of immigrants in shaping the city’s progressive, cosmopolitan character – at a time when politics nationwide can feel like they’re shifting in the opposite direction. This is the Paris many tourists too often miss: immigrant-heavy districts such as the 18th arrondissement, where crowded street markets still define everyday life. Stangler brings this view of the city to life, combining gripping, street-level reportage, stories of today’s working-class Parisians, recent history and a sweeping analysis of the larger forces shaping the city.
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PARIS ART DECO Arnold Schwartzman £12.99 Palazzo Editions
With the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Moderne, the city of Paris heralded in the New Era. Paris was the cradle of Art Deco, a style that emerged in the 1920s as a reaction to the sinuous tentacles of Art Nouveau in the early 1900s, and an alternative to the Machine Age imagery emerging from Germany and the Soviet Union. The Expo was intended to revive the French luxury trades and it popularised a jazzy style of decoration that expressed the spirit of the age. Born into the Art Deco age, author/ photographer Arnold Schwartzman shares with the reader his journey through the boulevards of the City of Light in search of Art Deco gems.
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