Books by Elliot Paul
The Last Time I Saw Paris
by Elliot Paul
A a wonderful, unknown book written between the two wars by an obscure but brilliant American journalist who wrote about one street -- the Rue de la Huchette in the 5th arrondissement -- which he first saw in the Summer of 1923. He writes a biography of the street and all the cast of characters who live there - the hookers, vegetable sellers, barmen, coal man, and ordinary people.
Interviews where books by Elliot Paul were recommended
The best books on Love, War, and Longing, recommended by Janine di Giovanni
War reporter tells us that her life is permeated with sense of loss and longing. She quotes her heroine Martha Gellhorn: “I have a sudden notion of why history is such a mess. Human beings do not live long enough”
