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"America and France have always had a special relationship. In fact, it would not be an exaggeration to say that the two have enjoyed a love affair of sorts, with all the love/hate dynamics that suggests. From Benjamin Franklin charming Louis XVI to Jackie Kennedy enchanting Charles de Gaulle, the two peoples have fascinated and repelled each other. Mary Blume has cultivated her own love affair with this often inscrutable land - France."--BOOK JACKET.
"Quintessentially American, she has managed that fine trick of not assimilating, and yet coming to know, in the fullest sense, the place and the people in all their often sublime and sometimes ridiculous complexity. In the pieces themselves, whether she turns her penetrating lens on Frenchmen or their money or their socks, whether a bearded lady or simone de Beauvoir, street performers or members of the Academie Francaise, whether the newest chic potato or the eternally chic St.
Germain de Pres, whether the events of May '68 or the last presidential elections, she sees what would pass unseen - were she not there to notice it."--BOOK JACKET.
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Social life and customs, Homes and haunts, French National characteristics, Attitudes, Americans, Women journalists, HumorPeople
Mary BlumePlaces
Paris, Paris (France), FranceTimes
20th centuryShowing 3 featured editions. View all 3 editions?
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French Affair: The Paris Beat, 1965-1998
1999, Simon & Schuster, Limited
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1439136386 9781439136386
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Mary Blume brings her insight, humor, and unique perspective to bear on the French in this collection of thirty-three years of International Herald Tribune columns. A trusted insider in an exclusive world, Blume is also the quintessential American in Paris. Francophiles will love her intimate conversations with French icons such as Francois Truffaut and her tribute to Simone Signoret. In another essay, Blume takes us back to the humble beginnings of the Citroen 2 CV, which began as a motorized wagon and became a beloved symbol to the French, despite its ungainly practicality. From "The Friends of Mona Lisa" to "The Fine Art of Window Shopping", this collection of sixty-one pieces, with illustrations by Ronald Searle, is a delightful celebration of French ways and their meaning.
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