Inside a Pearl: My Years in Paris Tapa blanda - 2014

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Bloomsbury, Great Britain, 2014. Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition. When Edmund White moved to Paris in 1983, leaving New York City in the midst of the AIDS crisis, he was forty-three years old, couldn’t speak French, and only knew two people in the entire city. But in middle age, he discovered the new anxieties and pleasures of mastering a new culture. When he left fifteen years later to take a teaching position in the U.S., he was fluent enough to broadcast on French radio and TV, and in his work as a journalist, he’d made the acquaintance of everyone from Yves Saint Laurent to Catherine Deneuve to Michel Foucault. He’d also developed a close friendship with an older woman, Marie-Claude, through which he’d come to understand French life and culture in a deeper way. The book’s title evokes the Parisian landscape in the eternal mists and the half-light, the serenity of the city compared to the New York White had known (and vividly recalled in City Boy). White fell… Leer más

Fine. First Edition. Paperback; First Printing. ...; Trade Paperback. Light Shelf wear. Clean and tight. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2014. 1st Edition/1st Printing. A Fine Softcover. Packed carefully and shipped promptly. .

Bloomsbury, 2014-01-01. Paperback. Used: Good.

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Bloomsbury, Great Britain, 2014. Trade Paperback. Fine Condition. When Edmund White moved to Paris in 1983, leaving New York City in the midst of the AIDS crisis, he was forty-three years old, couldn’t speak French, and only knew two people in the entire city. But in middle age, he discovered the new anxieties and pleasures of mastering a new culture. When he left fifteen years later to take a teaching position in the U.S., he was fluent enough to broadcast on French radio and TV, and in his work as a journalist, he’d made the acquaintance of everyone from Yves Saint Laurent to Catherine Deneuve to Michel Foucault. He’d also developed a close friendship with an older woman, Marie-Claude, through which he’d come to understand French life and culture in a deeper way.The book’s title evokes the Parisian landscape in the eternal mists and the half-light, the serenity of the city compared to the New York White had known (and vividly recalled in City Boy). White fell… Leer más

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.