The very rich hours of Adrienne Monnier
by Adrienne Monnier
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In 1920s Paris, Adrienne Monnier provided a focal point for the writers and artists drawn to the Left Bank. Her bookstore in the Rue de l'Odeon was aptly called La Maison des Amis des Livres.
Monnier took a simple though sophisticated delight in language, books, art, music, nature, friendship, and food. Her 1940 journal, written as Paris fell to the Germans and originally published in 1976, is a rich tapestry of essays, reviews, and personal recollections. She goes to lunch with Colette, visits T. S.
Eliot, befriends Joyce, argues with Breton, takes walks with Gide, publishes her elegant reviews, and reflects on the ballet, opera, Steinberg drawings, Marlon Brando and Alec Guinness movies, and the country of her birth.
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Authors, French, Biography, Booksellers and bookselling, French Authors, Friends and associates, History, Women, biographyPeople
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The very rich hours of Adrienne Monnier
1996, University of Nebraska Press
in English
0803282273 9780803282278
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"Parts of this book were originally published in French in Les gazettes d'Adrienne Monnier ... ; Dernières gazettes et ecrits divers ... ; [and] Rue de l'Odéon ..."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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