Paris Was a Woman: Portraits from the Left Bank
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (970 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0062513133 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the Author Andrea Weiss is a New Yorker living in London. She is the author of Vampires and Violets: Lesbians in Film. . She won an Emmy for her work on the documentary Before Stonewall and subsequent films have won awards at festivals worldwide
Andrea Weiss is a New Yorker living in London. . She is the author of Vampires and Violets: Lesbians in Film. She won an Emmy for her work on the documentary Before Stonewall and subsequent films have won awards at festivals worldwide
An all too brief glimpse of Genius S. A Troutt There was a greatness there in these women, in that time. They loved Paris and France and the freedom and the people they met there. They came alive living and loving in a city that seemed to inspire them to certain greatness. Poets, writers, artists their talents ran the gamut of art. For some, their fame was brief - Bryher, H.D. even Djuna Barnes are mere footnotes now if they noted at all. Others, Natalie Barney, Dolly Wilde . "Paris through female eyes" according to C. H.. Profusely illustrated and painstakingfully researched, this book is an enlightening account of women who between wars found their self and their own voice in Paris. Though mostly concerned with the stories of lesbian or bisexual women such as Colette, Gertrude Stein, Alice Toklas, Sylvia Beach, Djuna Barnes and Natalie Barney who came to the City of Light attracted by an aura of unbridled freedom missing in their places of origi. One of my all time favorites! SavvyOnyx Paris Was A Woman was the book that spun me into the exciting & interesting world of geniuses, artists, & bohemian life styles.Since reading this book many years ago, I have continued my love of this era.(when I loaned out this book, I had to buy another, as it is a cornerstone in my library)A well written book!Cheers!
150 photos.. A rare profile of the female literati in Paris at the turn of the century, this "scrapbook" of their work--along with Weiss's lively commentary--highlights the political, social, and artistic lives of the renowned lesbian and bisexual Modernists, including Colette, Djuana Barnes, and Sylvia Beach