Posts filed under ‘About France’
A Conversation with David Downie, author of A Passion for Paris
“My early relationship with Paris was pugilistic. Then I became enchanted…I’ve been here about 30 years, and I have always tried to understand the spell Paris casts on people from all over the world…Why Paris? Why not Rome, or Amsterdam, or New York, or Tokyo, or San Francisco?”
Lafayette (et Charlie, et Ahmed) nous voici!
Last Sunday, several thousand of us…accepted the French Ambassador’s invitation to join him and other dignitaries in a silent march to honor the victims of the massacre in Paris last week…
Au revoir, Paris…
There is always a little bit of melancholy in the last few days I am here each year…then the whisper, or the saying-it-aloud as I head down the beautiful streets and toward the airport, at least when my kids were younger and were there with me to say it: “Au revoir, Paris, merci!”…
Literary Quotes About France
A few of my favorite quotes about one of my favorite places in the world…more to come…
France Bookshelf: Some Good Books About France
An idiosyncractic, beginning list of titles of books written (mostly in English) about France, or that take place in France (outside of Paris.) For books about Paris, see my Paris Bookshelf.
Paris Bookshelf: Good Books About Paris
Here are a few of my favorite books written in, set in, or about Paris. An idiosyncratic list of “additional reading” for my students and anyone else who cares to browse.
Writing from the Heart, Reading for the Road 