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Paris

The Collected Traveler

by Barrie Kerper
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Each edition of this unique series marries a collection of previously published essays with detailed practical information, creating a colorful and deeply absorbing pastiche of opinions and advice. Each book is a valuable resource — a compass of sorts — pointing vacationers, business travelers, and readers in many directions. Going abroad with a Collected Traveler edition is like being accompanied by a group of savvy and observant friends who are intimately familiar with your destination.
This edition on Paris features:
Distinguished writers, such as Mavis Gallant, Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, Herbert Gold, Olivier Bernier, Richard Reeves, Patricia Wells, Catharine Reynolds, and Gerald Asher, who share seductive pieces about Parisian neighborhoods, personalities, the Luxembourg Gardens, Père-Lachaise and other monuments, restaurants and wine bars, le Plan de Paris, and le Beaujolais Nouveau.
Annotated bibliographies for each section with recommendations for related readings.
An A-Z "renseignements pratiques" (practical information) section covering everything from accommodations, marches aux puces (flea markets), and money to telephones, tipping, and the VAT.
Whether it's your first trip or your tenth, the Collected Traveler books are indispensable, and meant to be the first volumes you turn to when planning your journeys.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Vintage Departures

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    July 12, 2011

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9780307739322

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9780307739322
      • File size: 20539 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      May 15, 2011

      Kerper, author of eight previous volumes in the "Collected Traveler" series, has gathered together a unique collection of writings suitable for anyone planning an extended visit to Paris. Interviews with cookbook authors Ina Garten and Patricia Wells keep company with essays by Stacey Schiff, Rosamond Bernier, and other contemporary writers, whose subjects include the Paris of Proust, the Dreyfus affair, and their own tales of living in this multifaceted city. Interspersed are recommended books (with annotations), restaurants, shops, museums, and hotels and numerous short pieces by Kerper on her particular Parisian favorites. The somewhat idiosyncratic organization of the chapters begs for an index, and the small, unlabeled black-and-white photographs seem incidental. VERDICT This miscellany, while a little large for packing, is a pleasure to dip into again and again and makes for engrossing reading for all travelers, armchair and otherwise. Libraries that own the previous, 2000 edition will want to purchase this update; much new, enjoyable content has been added.--Linda M. Kaufmann, Massachusetts Coll. of Liberal Arts, North Adams

      Copyright 2011 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

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  • English

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