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After Attacks, the Soul of Paris Endures – The New York Times
Seven essays by Americans — expats, travelers and writers — trying to take the long view of Paris and pick up the pieces after the Nov. 13 attacks. Source: After Attacks, the Soul of Paris Endures – The New York Times
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Ernest Hemingway’s ode to Paris sells out – BBC News
Since the attacks in Paris last Friday, one book has been selling out in bookshops across the city: Ernest Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast.The author’s account of living in Paris in his youth is seen as a love letter to the city, its cafes and bars, and the Parisian way of life.In French its title is…
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Hemingway’s Paris ode becomes unity symbol – The Local
Ernest Hemingway’s homage to Paris – “A Moveable Feast” – has hit the best-seller lists in France after an elderly woman sang the book’s praises during an impassioned TV interview that went viral.Among the heaps of flowers and thousands of candles at the sites of last week’s shootings, some Parisians are leaving copies of “A…
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Paris Attacks Were an ‘Act of War’ by ISIS, Hollande Says – The New York Times
PARIS — President François Hollande on Saturday blamed the Islamic State for the terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday, as the death toll rose to 127 victims, with 300 others hospitalized, 80 of them in critical condition. He declared three days of national mourning, and said that military troops would patrol the capital. France remained…
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What to Do on the Left Bank, Paris – NYTimes.com
While the Right Bank of Paris has seen internationalism and the irrepressible rise of “bobos” (the Parisian form of hipsters) change its landscape in recent years, the Left Bank has been able to preserve the soul of the French capital. Walk through the Latin Quarter’s crooked cobblestone corridors or down the grand plane-tree-lined boulevards of…
