Unexpected Paris: Translator's Thoughts

Jeffrey Zuckerman share some thoughts about Paris he had while translating The City of Blood , which comes out this month.

Paris feels too beautiful for cutting-edge science research, so well preserved are its cobbled streets and yellowing façades. Building restrictions keep nearly every part of Paris less than 121 feet tall (with only a few skyscrapers and the Eiffel Tower), and many blue street signs are lovingly repainted. This scheme is so entrenched in the French mindset that a recent futur...