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When Paris Sizzled: The 1920s Paris of Hemingway, Chanel, Cocteau, Cole Porter, Josephine Baker, and Their Friends Hardback - 2016

by Mary McAuliffe

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When Paris Sizzled vividly portrays the City of Light during the fabulous 1920s, les Annes 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 cafs, 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 Andr Citron, 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 Annes 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.

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  • Title When Paris Sizzled: The 1920s Paris of Hemingway, Chanel, Cocteau, Cole Porter, Josephine Baker, and Their Friends
  • Author Mary McAuliffe
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First edition
  • Pages 342
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Lanham
  • Publication date 2016-09-15
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9781442253322 / 1442253320
  • Weight 1.5 lbs (0.68 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.2 x 1 in (23.11 x 15.75 x 2.54 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1920's
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: French
  • Category History - General History
  • Library of Congress subjects Paris (France), Paris (France) - Intellectual life - 20th
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2016017189
  • Dewey Decimal Code 944.361

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  • Booklist, 08/01/2016, Page 22
  • Choice, 04/01/2017, Page 0
  • Foreword, 08/25/2016, Page 0
  • Kirkus Reviews, 06/15/2016, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 07/04/2016, Page 0
  • Shelf Awareness, 09/20/2016, Page 0

About the author

Mary McAuliffe holds a PhD in history from the University of Maryland, has taught at several universities, and has lectured at the Smithsonian Institution. She has traveled extensively in France, and for many years she was a regular contributor to Paris Notes. Her books include Dawn of the Belle Epoque, Twilight of the Belle Epoque, Clash of Crowns, and Paris Discovered. She lives in Manhattan with her husband.
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