Paris was a Woman

Paris was a Woman
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Publisher : Harper San Francisco
Total Pages : 264
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ISBN-10 : UCSC:32106019540928
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Book Synopsis Paris was a Woman by : Andrea Weiss

Download or read book Paris was a Woman written by Andrea Weiss and published by Harper San Francisco. This book was released on 1995 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paris Was a Woman is an illustrated collective portrait of the unique community of women who became known as the "women of the left bank". Authors Colette, Djuna Barnes, and Gertrude Stein, poets H.D. and Natalie Clifford Barney, painters Romaine Brooks and Marie Laurencin, editors Bryher, Alice Toklas, Margaret Anderson, and Jane Heap, photographers Berenice Abbott and Gisele Freund, booksellers Sylvia Beach and Adrienne Monnier, and journalist Janet Flanner all figured in this legendary milieu. A wealth of photographs, paintings, drawings, and literary fragments, many previously unpublished, combine with Andrea Weiss's lively and revealing text to give an unparalleled insight into this extraordinary network of women for whom Paris was neither mistress nor muse, but a different kind of woman.


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