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Paris Street Tales (City Tales)

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Description for Paris Street Tales (City Tales) Paperback. .
Paris Street Tales is the third volume of a trilogy of translated stories set in Paris. The previous two are Paris Tales, in which each story is associated with one of the twenty arrondissements, and Paris Metro Tales, in which the twenty-two stories are related to a trip round the Paris Metro. This new volume contains eighteen newly translated stories related to particular streets in Paris, and one newly written tale of the city. The stories range from the nineteenth century to the present day, and include tales by well-known writers such as Colette, Maupassant, Didier Daeninckx, and Simenon, and ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
City Tales
Condition
New
Weight
278g
Number of Pages
262
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198736790
SKU
V9780198736790
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About
Helen Constantine taught languages in schools until 2000, when she became a full-time translator. She has published three volumes of translated stories, Paris Tales, Paris Metro Tales, and French Tales. She is general editor of City Tales for Oxford University Press. Her translations include Mademoiselle de Maupin by Théophile Gautier and Dangerous Liaisons by Choderlos de Laclos for Penguin, The ... Read more

Reviews for Paris Street Tales (City Tales)
this lovely collection will give you a real sense of the city's character, and I defy anyone to read it without a great longing to get there and explore.
Shiny New Books
Often moody and always eccentric, the collectiondedicated to the memory of Parisians killed in recent attacks at Charlie Hebdo and the Bataclanuncovers the dark and light ... Read more

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