The Only Street in Paris: Life on the Rue des Martyrs

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A New York Times Bestseller: “Sciolino’s sharply observed account serves as a testament to . . . Paris― the city of light, of literature, of life itself.” ―The New Yorker

Elaine Sciolino, the former Paris Bureau Chief of the New York Times, invites us on a tour of her favorite Parisian street, offering an homage to street life and the pleasures of Parisian living. “I will never be sad at the rue des Martyrs,” Sciolino explains, as she celebrates the neighborhood’s wealthy history and vibrant lives. At the same time as many cities be afflicted by the leveling effects of globalization, the rue des Martyrs maintains its distinct allure. In this street, the patron saint of France was once beheaded and the Jesuits took their first vows. It was once here that Edgar Degas and Pierre-Auguste Renoir painted circus acrobats, Emile Zola located a lesbian dinner club in his novel Nana, and François Truffaut filmed scenes from The 400 Blows. 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. The Only Street in Paris will make readers hungry for Paris, for cheese and wine, and for the type of street life that may be all too quickly disappearing.

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