Paris After the Liberation 1944-1949: Revised Edition
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ISBN: 0142437921 / Publisher: Penguin Books, August 2004
A vibrant anecdotal chronicle of the social, political, and cultural rebirth that Paris experienced after World War II uses archives, diaries, journals and interviews to document the beginnings of Existentialism, the Theater of the Absurd, fashion's New Look, and more. Reprint.
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"A rich and intriguing story whcih the authors disentangle with great skill."--Sunday TelegraphFrom Antony Beevor, the internationally bestselling author of D-Day and The Battle of ArnhemIn this brilliant synthesis of social, political, and cultural history, Antony Beevor and Artemis Cooper present a vivid and compelling portrayal of the City of Lights after its liberation. Paris became the diplomatic battleground in the opening stages of the Cold War. Against this volatile political backdrop, every aspect of life is portrayed: scores were settled in a rough and uneven justice, black marketers grew rich on the misery of the population, and a growing number of intellectual luminaries and artists including Hemingway, Beckett, Camus, Sartre, de Beauvoir, Cocteau, and Picassocontributed new ideas and a renewed vitality to this extraordinary moment in time.
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