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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Baxter, John, 1939- author.     Subjects     Baxter, John, 1939- -- Travel -- France -- Paris.     Seasons -- France -- Paris.     Paris (France) -- Description and travel.     Paris (France) -- Social life and customs.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Baxter, John, 1939- author.       by title:      A year in Paris : se...         MARC Display

A year in Paris : season by season in the City of Light / John Baxter. by Baxter, John, 1939- author. New York : Harper Perennial, [2019] Subjects Baxter, John, 1939- -- Travel -- France -- Paris.   Seasons -- France -- Paris.   Paris (France) -- Description and travel.   Paris (France) -- Social life and customs. ISBN:  9780062846884 (paperback) : 0062846884 (paperback) : Description:  xvii, 315 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm Edition:  First edition. Requests:  0 Summary:  A sumptuous and definitive portrait of Paris through the seasons, highlighting the unique tastes, sights, and changing personality of the city in spring, summer, fall, and winter. When the common people of France revolted in 1789, one of the first ways they chose to correct the excesses of the monarchy and the church was to rename the months of the year. Selected by poet and playwright Philippe-Francois-Nazaire Fabre, these new names reflected what took place at that season in the natural world; Fructidor was the month of fruit, Floréal that of flowers, while the winter wind (vent) dominated Ventôse. Though the names didn't stick, these seasonal rhythms of the year continue to define Parisians, as well as travelers to the city. Devoting a section of the book to each of Fabre's months, Baxter draws upon Paris's literary, cultural and artistic past to paint an affecting, unforgettable portrait of the city. Touching upon the various ghosts of Paris past, from Hemingway and Zelda Fitzgerald, to Claude Debussy to MFK Fisher to Francois Mitterrand, Baxter evokes the rhythms of the seasons in the City of Light, and the sense of wonder they can arouse for all who visit and live there.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 914.4361 Ba Checked In Add Copy to MyList Makawao Public Library Adult Nonfiction 914.4361 Ba Checked In Add Copy to MyList Mountain View P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 914.4361 Ba Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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