{"product_id":"only-street-in-paris-life-on-the-rue-des-martyrs","title":"Only Street in Paris: Life on the Rue Des Martyrs","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eOnly Street in Paris: Life on the Rue Des Martyrs\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eElaine Sciolino\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780393353402\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eW. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2016\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eElaine Sciolino, the former Paris Bureau Chief of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, invites us on a tour of her favorite Parisian street, offering an homage to street life and the pleasures of Parisian living. \"I can never be sad on the rue des Martyrs,\" Sciolino explains, as she celebrates the neighborhood's rich history and vibrant lives. While many cities suffer from the leveling effects of globalization, the rue des Martyrs maintains its distinct allure. On this street, the patron saint of France was beheaded and the Jesuits took their first vows. It was here that Edgar Degas and Pierre-Auguste Renoir painted circus acrobats, Emile Zola situated a lesbian dinner club in his novel \u003cem\u003eNana\u003c\/em\u003e, and François Truffaut filmed scenes from \u003cem\u003eThe 400 Blows\u003c\/em\u003e. Sciolino reveals the charms and idiosyncrasies of this street and its longtime residents--the Tunisian greengrocer, the husband-and-wife cheesemongers, the showman who's been running a transvestite cabaret for more than half a century, the owner of a 100-year-old bookstore, the woman who repairs eighteenth-century mercury barometers--bringing Paris alive in all of its unique majesty. \u003cem\u003eThe Only Street in Paris\u003c\/em\u003e will make readers hungry for Paris, for cheese and wine, and for the kind of street life that is all too quickly disappearing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Only Street in Paris: Life on the Rue Des Martyrs | Elaine Sciolino | Paperback | 9780393353402 | Used: Very Good | Travelogues 1649389","offer_id":48368907616408,"sku":"1649389","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71CgynbZHLL.jpg?v=1773264109","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/only-street-in-paris-life-on-the-rue-des-martyrs","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}