The Invention of Paris

A History in Footsteps

Nonfiction, History, Revolutionary, France
Cover of the book The Invention of Paris by Eric Hazan, Verso Books
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Eric Hazan ISBN: 9781844678006
Publisher: Verso Books Publication: May 23, 2011
Imprint: Verso Language: English
Author: Eric Hazan
ISBN: 9781844678006
Publisher: Verso Books
Publication: May 23, 2011
Imprint: Verso
Language: English

The Invention of Paris is a tour through the streets and history of the French capital under the guidance of radical Parisian author and publisher Eric Hazan.

Hazan reveals a city whose squares echo with the riots, rebellions and revolutions of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Combining the raconteur’s ear for a story with a historian’s command of the facts, he introduces an incomparable cast of characters: the literati, the philosophers and the artists—Balzac, Baudelaire, Blanqui, Flaubert, Hugo, Maney, and Proust, of course; but also Doisneau, Nerval and Rousseau.

It is a Paris dyed a deep red in its convictions. It is haunted and vitalized by the history of the barricades, which Hazan retells in rich detail. The Invention of Paris opens a window on the forgotten byways of the capital’s vibrant and bloody past, revealing the city in striking new colors.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

The Invention of Paris is a tour through the streets and history of the French capital under the guidance of radical Parisian author and publisher Eric Hazan.

Hazan reveals a city whose squares echo with the riots, rebellions and revolutions of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Combining the raconteur’s ear for a story with a historian’s command of the facts, he introduces an incomparable cast of characters: the literati, the philosophers and the artists—Balzac, Baudelaire, Blanqui, Flaubert, Hugo, Maney, and Proust, of course; but also Doisneau, Nerval and Rousseau.

It is a Paris dyed a deep red in its convictions. It is haunted and vitalized by the history of the barricades, which Hazan retells in rich detail. The Invention of Paris opens a window on the forgotten byways of the capital’s vibrant and bloody past, revealing the city in striking new colors.

More books from Verso Books

Cover of the book Samuel Beckett by Eric Hazan
Cover of the book The Art-Architecture Complex by Eric Hazan
Cover of the book A History of the Barricade by Eric Hazan
Cover of the book The Non-Jewish Jew by Eric Hazan
Cover of the book Empire of Borders by Eric Hazan
Cover of the book The Legacy of Rosa Luxemburg by Eric Hazan
Cover of the book A People's History of Scotland by Eric Hazan
Cover of the book Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Eric Hazan
Cover of the book Did Somebody Say Totalitarianism? by Eric Hazan
Cover of the book Concept and Form, Volumes 1 and 2 by Eric Hazan
Cover of the book No God But Gain by Eric Hazan
Cover of the book Virtue and Terror by Eric Hazan
Cover of the book The Conspiracy by Eric Hazan
Cover of the book What Does the Ruling Class Do When it Rules? by Eric Hazan
Cover of the book On Populist Reason by Eric Hazan
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy