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Additional authors

1. Fernbach, David

Description

1. 198 pages : illustrations, maps; 22 cm

Summary

1. "A walker's guide to Paris, taking us through its past, present and possible futures Eric Hazan, author of the acclaimed The Invention of Paris, leads us by the hand in this walk from Ivry to Saint-Denis, roughly following the meridian that divides Paris into east and west, and passing such familiar landmarks as the Luxembourg Gardens, the Pompidou Centre, the Gare du Nord and Montmartre, as well as little-known alleyways and arcades. Filled with historical anecdotes, geographical observations and literary references, Hazan's walk guides us through an unknown Paris. He shows us how, through planning and modernisation, the city's revolutionary past has been erased in order to enforce a reactionary future; but by walking and observation, he shows us how we can regain our knowledge of the radical past of the city of Robespierre, the Commune, Sartre and the May '68 uprising. And by drawing on his own life story, as surgeon, publisher and social critic, Hazan vividly illustrates a radical life lived in the city of revolution"--
2. "Eric Hazan, author of the acclaimed The Invention of Paris, takes us by the hand in this walk from Ivry to Saint-Denis, more or less following the dividing line between the east and west of Paris, or what you could call the "Paris meridian." He chose this itinerary without much consideration, but later on it became clear to him that it was no accident, that this line followed the meanders of his life, begun close to the Luxembourg garden, led for a long time opposite the Observatoire, and continued further to the east, in Belleville, his current home, but with long spells in the meantime in Barbès and on the north side of the Montmartre hill. Under the effect of the peerless mental exercise that is walking, memories rise to the surface street by street, even very distant fragments of the past on the border of forgetfulness. In this walk across Paris, almost every step evokes for the author memories of childhood and adolescence, his study and practice of medicine, and eventually his work as a publisher, along with those of the city and its successive layers of epochs and events"--

Uniform title

1. Traversée de Paris. English

Alternative title

1. Traversée de Paris.

Subject

1. Publishers and publishing > France > Biography
2. Surgeons > France > Biography
3. Paris (France) > History
4. Biographies
5. Historians > France > Biography
6. Hazan, Éric > Homes and haunts > France > Paris
7. Paris (France) > Description and travel

Genre/Form

1. Biographies.

Call number

1. JFD 18-2223

Note

1. Originally published in French as Une traversée de Paris by Seuil, ©2016.
2. Translated from the French.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author

1. Hazan, Éric, author.

Title

1. A walk through Paris / Eric Hazan ; translated by David Fernbach.

Publisher

1. London : Verso, 2018.

Copyright date

1. ©2018

Edition

1. English-language edition.

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added author

1. Fernbach, David, translator.

Other form:

1. Online version: Hazan, Éric. Walk through Paris. Brooklyn, New York : Verso, 2018 9781786632609 (DLC) 2017052776

LCCN

1. 2017048932

ISBN

1. 9781786632586 (hardcover)
2. 1786632586 (hardcover)

Research call number

1. JFD 18-2223