Book Review: “The Once Upon a Time World, “by Jonathan Miles

August 27, 2023Posted inBooks and Literature, Cannes (France), de Maupassant, Guy (1850-93), Fitzgerald, F Scott, Matisse, Henri, Miles, Jonathan, Monte Carlo (Monaco), Nice (France), Once Upon a Time World: The Dark and Sparkling Story of the French Riviera (Book), Travel, Travel and Vacations
Jonathan Miles’s “Once Upon a Time World” is a delightful, dizzying romp through the world’s most glamorous muse: the French Riviera.

Leïla Slimani on How to Read Your Way Through Paris

June 15, 2022Posted inBaldwin, James (1924-87), Baudelaire, Charles Pierre, Books and Literature, de Maupassant, Guy (1850-93), Despentes, Virginie (1969- ), Disturbance: Surviving Charlie Hebdo (Book), Duras, Marguerite, Flaubert, Gustave, Giovanni's Room (Book), Good Morning, Midnight (Book), Houellebecq, Michel, Hugo, Victor, Hutchins, Pat, In Search of Lost Time (Book), Lancon, Philippe (1963- ), Leblanc, Maurice, Lemoine, Sanae, literaryguides, Modiano, Patrick, Paris (France), Poetry and Poets, Proust, Marcel, Rhys, Jean, Rundell, Katherine, Slimani, Leila, Travel, Verlaine, Paul-Marie (1844-96), Writing and Writers, Zola, Emile
Leïla Slimani, winner of France’s Goncourt Prize, describes her Paris and recommends books that reveal hidden facets of the city.