false <![CDATA[Paris in the Fifties]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174932522m/457460.jpg 457460 5 Years before winning the Pulitzer Prize for his definitive history of the Vietnam War, <I>Vietnam: A History</I>, Stanley Karnow lived in Paris as a young reporter. The man who was later to be renowned for his thorough research and crisp prose had to begin somewhere, and Karnow had the incredible good fortune to make his way as a foreign correspondent for <I>Time</I> magazine in the 1950s. His original dispatches to <I>Time</I>'s New York office make up a majority of <I>Paris in the Fifties</I>. <p> By simply calling this collection <I>Paris in the Fifties</I>, however, Karnow has done himself a great injustice. His treatise on the City of Light is more a biography of a city and its culture than it is a mere look at a time and place. Ever wonder where the modern-day restaurant had its origin, or what happened to the French aristocracy after the ravages of the Revolution, or even how the French maintain their status at the forefront of culture--be it food, wine, art, or fashion? Karnow provides the answers and then some. His descriptions are as rich as they are comprehensive, all the while depicting how the French <I>savoir vivre</I>--the zest for life that Paris symbolizes for all of us--withstood the horrors of World War II and the destabilization of society as everyone knew it. This wonderful book is reassurance that no matter what modern threats to culture may come, <I>toujours Paris</I>: we'll always have Paris. And that is true comfort to any expatriate at heart. <I>--Courtenay Kehn</I> 926186 1997 Paris in the Fifties total:49|5:20|4:15|3:14|2:0|1:0| 49 202 89 5 5 0 false false Sat Dec 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 01:57:19 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 11:16:48 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Apr 15 11:19:20 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 11:22:57 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Thu Jun 21 12:54:43 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 21 12:57:00 -0700 2007 this book is a great look at the culture, the history, the food, the attitude and the entity that is france. from one guy's point of view.
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