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The Paris Trilogy

Author: Colombe Schneck

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2024-05-23

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 1398529400

'This is valuable writing. It has immense vitality. You will encounter a female narrator whose direct and bright-eyed stare at the world, and her self, is without shame or faux modesty. At the same time, it is also a deep study of existence, at various ages and stages in life.' — Deborah Levy 'Swimming is a dreamy, bruised, and carnal book that pretty much no American would write and pretty much every American will thrill to read. Schneck’s “discovery of her body, at the age of fifty” is our encounter with an entrancing mind.' — Lauren Collins From celebrated author Colombe Schneck, in her first translation into English, The Paris Trilogy is three semi-autobiographical takes on a woman’s life, starting with Seventeen, progressing with Friendship, and then Swimming: A Love Story. Exploring questions of sexuality, bodily autonomy, femininity, friendship and loss, The Paris Trilogy is a moving meditation on a lifelong journey to reclaim the female body, accepting it for all its faults and learning to celebrate its strength. The Paris Trilogy is translated into English by award-winning translators Natasha Lehrer and Lauren Elkin.

The Paris Library

Author: Janet Skeslien Charles

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Published: 2021-02-02

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 1982134917

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Based on the true World War II story of the American Library in Paris, an unforgettable novel about the power of books and the bonds of friendship—and the ordinary heroes who can be found in the most perilous times and the quietest places. Paris, 1939. Young, ambitious, and tempestuous, Odile Souchet has it all: Paul, her handsome police officer beau; Margaret, her best friend from England; Remy, her twin brother who she adores; and a dream job at the American Library in Paris, working alongside the library’s legendary director, Dorothy Reeder. When World War II breaks out, Odile stands to lose everything she holds dear—including her beloved library. After the Nazi army marches into the City of Light and declares a war on words, Odile and her fellow librarians join the Resistance with the best weapons they have: books. Again and again, they risk their lives to help their fellow Jewish readers, but by war’s end, Odile tastes the bitter sting of unspeakable betrayal. Montana, 1983. Odile’s solitary existence in gossipy small-town Montana is unexpectedly interrupted by her neighbor Lily, a lonely teenager craving adventure. As Lily uncovers more about Odile’s mysterious past, they find they share not only a love of language but also the same lethal jealousy. Odile helps Lily navigate the troubled waters of adolescence by always recommending the right book at the right time, never suspecting that Lily will be the one to help her reckon with her own terrible secret. Based on the true story of the American Library in Paris, The Paris Library is a mesmerizing and captivating novel about the people and the books that make us who we are, for good and for bad, and the courage it takes to forgive.

Paris

Author: Rachel Hawthorne

Publisher: Bantam Books for Young Readers

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9780553493276

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A French boyfriend--that's Dana's mission for junior year in Paris. So why does she keep running into boring Alex Turner from home? Okay, he's not exactly boring. But he's not French, either. So she's relieved that he only wants to date a Parisian girl. Really, she is.

The Paris Diversion

Author: Chris Pavone

Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 1524761508

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After a leisurely start to a normal day, American expat Kate Moore finds herself partnered with a French agent to investigate a bombing threat in Paris.

Under Occupation

Author: Alan Furst

Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks

Published: 2020-06-02

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 0399592318

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From “America’s preeminent spy novelist” (The New York Times) comes a fast-paced, mesmerizing thriller of the French resistance fighters working secretly and bravely to defeat Hitler. Occupied Paris, 1942. Just before he dies, a man being chased by the Gestapo hands off a strange-looking document to the unsuspecting novelist Paul Ricard. It looks like a blueprint of a part for a military weapon, one that might have important information for the Allied forces. Ricard realizes he must try to get the diagram into the hands of members of the resistance network. As Ricard finds himself drawn deeper and deeper into anti-Nazi efforts and increasingly dangerous espionage assignments, he travels to Germany and along the escape routes of underground resistance safe houses to spy on Nazi maneuvers. When he meets the mysterious and beautiful Leila, a professional spy, they begin to work together to get crucial information out of France and into the hands of the Allied forces in London.

Perestroika in Paris

Author: Jane Smiley

Publisher: Anchor

Published: 2021-11-02

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 052543609X

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the Pulitzer Prize-winning and best-selling author: a captivating, brilliantly imaginative story of three extraordinary animals—and a young boy—whose lives intersect in Paris in this "feel-good escape” (The New York Times). Paras, short for "Perestroika," is a spirited racehorse at a racetrack west of Paris. One afternoon at dusk, she finds the door of her stall open and—she's a curious filly—wanders all the way to the City of Light. She's dazzled and often mystified by the sights, sounds, and smells around her, but she isn't afraid. Soon she meets an elegant dog, a German shorthaired pointer named Frida, who knows how to get by without attracting the attention of suspicious Parisians. Paras and Frida coexist for a time in the city's lush green spaces, nourished by Frida's strategic trips to the vegetable market. They keep company with two irrepressible ducks and an opinionated raven. But then Paras meets a human boy, Etienne, and discovers a new, otherworldly part of Paris: the ivy-walled house where the boy and his nearly-one-hundred-year-old great-grandmother live in seclusion. As the cold weather nears, the unlikeliest of friendships bloom. But how long can a runaway horse stay undiscovered in Paris? How long can a boy keep her hidden and all to himself? Jane Smiley's beguiling new novel is itself an adventure that celebrates curiosity, ingenuity, and the desire of all creatures for true love and freedom.

One Night in Paris

Author: Ellis Rose

Publisher: Iponymous Publishing Ltd

Published: 2015-08-24

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 1908773073

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Josie James lives in Paris with her British Flat mate, Chrissie and works with another Brit, Libby. They live the high life going out to bars, restaurants and clubs, usually at the expense of their friend Daniel, a filthy rich banker who is besotted by Chrissie. Daniel treats them to a champagne-fuelled day out at the glitzy Tour de L'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamps racecourse. Josie meets Max there, whose addiction to women is constant and insatiable. With a body built for sin, and more charm than should be legal for one man to have, they begin a steamy but secret relationship as Max already has a girlfriend whom it quickly becomes evident he has no intention of dumping. One night in Paris, they meet a group of French air traffic controllers and for two of the girls, this meeting is set to change the paths of their lives forever. Chrissie begins dating Claude, but the relationship is put in turmoil by a rape attempt on Chrissie by Thierry Dupree, the disturbed son of her boss who thinks English girls are easy. Josie James, the luscious centrefold, with a little girl charm, a big girl body, and an appetite for all that Paris has to offer...Shameless raunchy sex, glitzy locations and a sharp observation of social interactions will have you focused until the final paragraph... "A sexy, funny, riotous bonkbuster...Switch off your phone, grab a glass of bubbly and escape into an outrageous world of sex, thrills, glamour and passion. You'll be addicted..." Amazon.com "Packed full of sauciness, sex and intrigue, this lively romp takes you on a colourful journey through the sparkling world of Paris, from the ultra-highs to the face-planting lows. If you're looking for a sexy, racy, riotous read, this is the perfect choice..." Amazon.com

The Occupation Trilogy

Author: Patrick Modiano

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2015-09-22

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 1632863731

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Nobel Prize winner Patrick Modiano's first three novels, about Paris under Nazi occupation, now in a single volume; the earliest--La Place de l'Étoile--in English for the first time. Born at the close of World War II, 2014 Nobel Prize winner Patrick Modiano was a young man in his twenties when he burst onto the Parisian literary scene with these three brilliant, angry novels about the wartime Occupation of Paris. The epigraph to his first novel, among the first to seriously question Nazi collaboration in France, reads: "In June 1942 a German officer goes up to a young man and says: 'Excuse me, monsieur, where is La Place de l'Étoile?' The young man points to the star on his chest." The second novel, The Night Watch, tells the story of a young man caught between his work for the French Gestapo, his work for a Resistance cell, and the black marketeers whose milieu he shares. Ring Roads recounts a son's search for his Jewish father who disappeared ten years earlier, whom he finds trying to weather the war in service to unsavory characters. Together these three brilliant, almost hallucinatory evocations of the Occupation attempt to exorcise the past by exploring the morally ambiguous worlds of collaboration and resistance. Award-winning translator Frank Wynne has revised the translations of The Night Watch and Ring Roads--long out of print--for our current day, and brings La Place de l'Étoile into English for the first time. The Occupation Trilogy provides the perfect introduction to one of the world's greatest writers.

Paris by the Book

Author: Liam Callanan

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2018-04-03

Total Pages: 349

ISBN-13: 110198628X

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER A missing person, a grieving family, a curious clue: a half-finished manuscript set in Paris Once a week, I chase men who are not my husband. . . . When eccentric novelist Robert Eady abruptly vanishes, he leaves behind his wife, Leah, their daughters, and, hidden in an unexpected spot, plane tickets to Paris. Hoping to uncover clues--and her husband--Leah sets off for France with her girls. Upon their arrival, she discovers an unfinished manuscript, one Robert had been writing without her knowledge . . . and that he had set in Paris. The Eady girls follow the path of the manuscript to a small, floundering English-language bookstore whose weary proprietor is eager to sell. Leah finds herself accepting the offer on the spot. As the family settles into their new Parisian life, they trace the literary paths of some beloved Parisian classics, including Madeline and The Red Balloon, hoping more clues arise. But a series of startling discoveries forces Leah to consider that she may not be ready for what solving this mystery might do to her family--and the Paris she thought she knew. Charming, haunting, and triumphant, Paris by the Book follows one woman's journey as she writes her own story, exploring the power of family and the magic that hides within the pages of a book.

To Paris with Love

Author: Carl Weber

Publisher: Urban Books

Published: 2013-12-01

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1622862341

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Ripped from the pages of the New York Times bestselling series The Family Business, Carl Weber and Eric Pete bring you To Paris with Love, a solo story about their two most popular characters to date—the bright, sexy, and deadly Paris Duncan and her flamboyant and cunning twin brother, Rio. It’s Spring Break, and Paris Duncan is on the verge of graduating at the top of her class from Chi’s Finishing School, one of Europe’s most exclusive private academies. At Chi’s, students not only learn the three Rs, but they also learn the deadly art of assassination. Like most of her classmates, Paris looks forward to going back home. She can’t wait to get back to the bright lights of New York City, where she plans on clubbing with her twin brother, Rio, scarfing down her mom’s cooking, and wearing out her father’s credit cards. A family crisis puts an end to her trip home in favor of a solo trip to the French Riviera. Rio Duncan has been accepted into one of the most prestigious law schools in the country and his father, LC Duncan, couldn’t be more proud of him. Unfortunately for LC, Rio has plans of his own, and they don’t include law school. If that wasn’t surprising enough, Rio’s got a few more things to tell his dear old dad, one of which is that he is gay. Now that he’s come out of the closet, Rio is in the wind. He’s headed to Europe to live life by his own rules and hook up with his sister for some fun in the European sun. Together Rio and Paris will do what they do best—have fun, find trouble, and break men’s hearts. Travel with Weber and Pete to Europe, to see how Paris and Rio became the dynamic duo of the Duncan clan.