false 1079500 1 <p>In contemporary Paris, a diarist persistently gathers the remains of an epoch, accompanied by the literary ghost of Walter Benjamin, whose famous Paris arcades project serves as a kind of Baedeker. But, little by little, she becomes an amalgam of her detritus— including a touch of <i>ressentiment</i>. For alongside the pleasureable Paris in which expatriate avant-garde artists and rebels have "traditionally" flourished, lies a typically complex city, teeming with disaster. Casting light and shadow, looking backwards and forwards, <i>My Paris</i> is a hynotizing tale of desire and nostalgia, magically submerging the reader in the endless— and not always seamless— sensuality of the City of Light.</p> 1066229 8 2003 My Paris (Lannan Selection) total:20|5:1|4:0|3:1|2:0|1:0| 20 70 31 2 4 0 false false Tue Feb 26 22:29:58 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 26 22:31:46 -0800 2008 This was my introduction to Gail Scott...and I wouldn't have had it any other way. KNOW HER.]]> 3 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 31 09:24:36 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 31 09:27:20 -0800 2007 will probably like this better when 1) i have been to paris; 2) i have read benjamin's arcades project. ]]> 3 0 false false Fri Nov 06 21:30:09 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 21:30:09 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 25 18:02:37 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 18:02:37 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Oct 15 14:19:11 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 14:19:11 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jun 03 15:43:07 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 15:43:24 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Mar 12 16:35:01 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 16:35:01 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jan 20 09:08:55 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 09:10:25 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 09:10:25 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Mon Dec 22 18:45:02 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 18:45:02 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Thu Dec 11 09:19:08 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 09:19:08 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Wed Dec 03 12:05:03 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 12:05:03 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Wed Oct 29 17:42:40 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 17:42:40 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Oct 03 20:54:58 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 03 20:54:58 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Wed Oct 01 11:50:33 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 11:50:33 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Sep 14 12:05:06 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 14 12:05:06 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Aug 17 12:02:24 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 12:02:24 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Wed Jul 23 10:27:26 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 23 10:27:26 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Mon Jul 07 06:40:50 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 06:40:50 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Sat Jun 07 11:38:49 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 07 11:38:49 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Jul 27 15:31:46 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 19 10:25:38 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 27 15:31:46 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1079500