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Paris on the brink, the 1930s Paris of Jean Renoir, Salvador Dalí, Simone de Beauvoir, André Gide, Sylvia Beach, Léon Blum, and their friends, Mary McAuliffe

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Paris on the brink, the 1930s Paris of Jean Renoir, Salvador Dalí, Simone de Beauvoir, André Gide, Sylvia Beach, Léon Blum, and their friends, Mary McAuliffe
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-343) and index
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Paris on the brink
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1043978459
Responsibility statement
Mary McAuliffe
Sub title
the 1930s Paris of Jean Renoir, Salvador Dalí, Simone de Beauvoir, André Gide, Sylvia Beach, Léon Blum, and their friends
Summary
"Vividly portrays the City of Light during the tumultuous 1930s. The decade was marked by violence at home and the rise of Hitler abroad, even as glamour prevailed in fashion and Surrealism sparked new forms of artistic creativity"--, Provided by publisher
Table of contents
End of an era (1929) -- Rags and riches (1929) -- It could never happen here (1930) -- The ooh la la factor (1930) -- Navigating a dangerous world (1931-1932) -- Taking sides (1933) -- Bloody Tuesday (1934) -- Sailing, sailing (1935) -- Coming apart (1936) -- War in Spain (1936) -- End of the dream (1937) -- In war's shadow (1938) -- Dancing on a volcano (1939) -- Closing the circle (1940)

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