When Paris Sizzled vividly portrays the City of Light during the fabulous 1920s; les Années folles; when Parisians emerged from the horrors of war to find that a new world greeted them—one that reverberated with the hard metallic clang of the assembly line; the roar of automobiles; and the beat of jazz. Mary McAuliffe traces a decade that saw seismic change on almost every front; from art and architecture to music; literature; fashion; entertainment; transportation; and; most notably; behavior. The epicenter of all this creativity; as well as of the era’s good times; was Montparnasse; where impoverished artists and writers found colleagues and cafés; and tourists discovered the Paris of their dreams. Major figures on the Paris scene—such as Gertrude Stein; Jean Cocteau; Picasso; Stravinsky; Diaghilev; and Proust—continued to hold sway; while others now came to prominence—including Ernest Hemingway; Coco Chanel; Cole Porter; and Josephine Baker; as well as André Citroën; Le Corbusier; Man Ray; Sylvia Beach; James Joyce; and the irrepressible Kiki of Montparnasse.Paris of the 1920s unquestionably sizzled. Yet rather than being a decade of unmitigated bliss; les Années folles also saw an undercurrent of despair as well as the rise of ruthless organizations of the extreme right; aimed at annihilating whatever threatened tradition and order—a struggle that would escalate in the years ahead. Through rich illustrations and evocative narrative; Mary McAuliffe brings this vibrant era to life.
#4499687 in Books Rowman Littlefield Publishers 2013-03-22Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.26 x .93 x 6.22l; 1.25 #File Name: 1442213930318 pages
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