The Lobrano book is good. For a good novel with Paris as a backdrop, I enjoyed The Bad Girl by Mario Vargas Llosa.

"Time Was Soft There" by Jeremy Mercer

It's the story of the time the
author spent living and working at Shakespeare and Company. Very entertaining.

We were in the store this summer but didn't see the book for sale there...

Rob

I have that book. I suspect they didn't like something he said in the book.

... that's what I suspect...

Book marking (no pun intended)

When we were in Paris, DH and I talked alot about WW2 and he suggested I read

Is Paris Burning?


Published a time ago about General who was given the order to burn Paris but didn't. Anyone know it?

'Barney's Version': Mordecai Richler. Not solely Paris, but Paris plays a big part. You may already know this... some, but not all, Canadian authors do make the 'lists' in the UK, but just in case...

Also, if you are a fan of Nicholas Freeling, he set many of his books in France.

I too could not get through Pale Rose, please tell me the awful ending????
The jury is still out on " Trail of Crumbs" by Kim Sunee. The main character is whiney and spoiled and not someone I would like to meet up with, but, it cronicles her life with living in Provence with the man who started L'occitaine (sp) which I do find interesteing and I do like him! Anyone else read this?

sheila,

this is not 6 months new; but, after reading "Old Bones" by Elkins we just had to go see Mont St. Michele (2 yrs ago)

the book is a murder mystery that describes the abbey and the tide that 'moves at the speed of a galloping horse', fasinating reading and one of the '100 Best Mysteries of the 20th century'

ribbaz

bookmarking

Bookmarking

Patricia Atkinson's, The Ripening Sun and the sequel LaBelle Saison about her experiences moving to France without knowing any French and subsequently finding herself becoming a winemaker have held my interest. Her story is one of my dreams.
Pretty light reading, good through the holiday stress.

Has anyone read Sarah's Key yet by Tatiana de Rosnay?

I just finished reading "Sarah's Key" and really enjoyed it!

Alternating chapters take place in Paris during WWII and in contemporary Paris.

It is devastating in places, but ultimately a great read.

Enjoy!

Well, no one replied about it but I finally found "Is Paris Burning?"-written in the 1950's about the General who didn't raze Paris as ordered. It was a little bit of a "slog" in parts but very interesting. How close we came to losing much of Paris.

Also read the Childs-very interesting and readable.

The Paris Enigma by Pablo De Santis. I haven't read it yet, but it's on my list and has been getting good reviews. It was just published recently.

Paris to the Moon is definitely a must-read. Not new, but wonderful. I'd also recommend From Here You Can't See Paris by Michael Sanders. I loved that one as well.

Sarha's Key. Drat, another book I must buy. Somebody stop me! I'm keeping Amazon afloat.

Does out of print count?

Two by Nancy Mitford: Don't Tell Alfred, and The Blessing. Both fiction, both fabulous. Both set in Paris, the former entirely, and the latter largely.

Haven't read it yet, but next on my Amazon wish list is Muriel Barbery's <i>L'elegance du herisson</i>. Its English translation, <i>The Elegance of the Hedgehog</i>, just came out in September.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/bo...w/James-t.html

Three reads purchased this year:

/La Vie Parisienne (Looking for love and the perfect lingerie) by Janelle McCulloch

Loved it.

/Books, Baguettes &amp; Bedbugs (The Left Bank World of Shakespeare &amp; Co.) by Jeremy Mercer

This will want to make you head straight back!

/The Discovery of France by Graham Robb
An extraordinary Journey of discovery.

Still reading - black &amp; white as well as colour photographs here and there.

lemidi, I have read the Matchmaker of Perigord. I wasn't overly impressed, and it took me a while to get into it.

TDudette, I'm currently almost through Is Paris Burning? Admit it can be a bit of work, but I'm finding it rewarding nonetheless.