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It Was Gonna Be Like Paris
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It Was Gonna Be Like Paris Paperback - 1988

by Emily Listfield

New York's vibrant and decadent East Village is the setting for this arrestingly different novel that speaks for the "new wave" generation. The landscape is populated by aspiring rock stars, addicts, Hell's Angels, and misfits.

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The hot club in New York that summer had a huge graffiti-like sign painted on one of its walls.

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  • Title It Was Gonna Be Like Paris
  • Author Emily Listfield
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 178
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Random House Publishing Group, Toronto.
  • Date 1988-10-01
  • ISBN 9780553345438 / 0553345435
  • Weight 0.61 lbs (0.28 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.02 x 6 x 0.51 in (22.91 x 15.24 x 1.30 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1950-1999
    • Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
    • Cultural Region: Northeast U.S.
    • Demographic Orientation: Urban
    • Geographic Orientation: New York
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 88047524
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Media reviews

“Listfield captures the disillusionment of young artists in vignettes that combine the rawness of graffiti with the sentimentality of country music.” —Esquire

“The Book’s appeal lies in Listfield’s powers of description and the way her short, insightful paragraphs capture the look and feel of the Lower East Side and its inhabitants." —East Village Eye

“Listfield skillfully paints the picture of a young woman questioning herself in a transitory, aimless world where many people are not even aware that there are such things as questions.”—Sunday New York Daily News

About the author

Emily Listfield, author of Variations in the Night and Slightly Like Strangers, was born and raised in New York City. Her short fiction has appeared in 20 Under 30, Bomb and the East Village Eye. She also writes book reviews for The New York Times.

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