{"product_id":"left-bank-art-passion-and-the-rebirth-of-paris-1940-50-9781250231468","title":"Left Bank: Art, Passion, and the Rebirth of Paris, 1940-50","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn incandescent group portrait of the midcentury artists and thinkers whose lives, loves, collaborations, and passions were forged against the wartime destruction and postwar rebirth of Paris.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this fascinating tour of a celebrated city during one of its most trying, significant, and ultimately triumphant eras, Agn s Poirier unspools the stories of the poets, writers, painters, and philosophers whose lives collided to extraordinary effect between 1940 and 1950. She gives us the human drama behind some of the most celebrated works of the 20th century, from Richard Wright's \u003ci\u003eNative Son\u003c\/i\u003e, Simone de Beauvoir's \u003ci\u003eThe Second Sex\u003c\/i\u003e, and James Baldwin's \u003ci\u003eGiovanni's Room\u003c\/i\u003e to Samuel Beckett's \u003ci\u003eWaiting for Godot \u003c\/i\u003eand Saul Bellow's \u003ci\u003eAugie March, \u003c\/i\u003e along with the origin stories of now legendary movements, from Existentialism to the Theatre of the Absurd, New Journalism, bebop, and French feminism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe follow Arthur Koestler and Norman Mailer as young men, peek inside Picasso's studio, and trail the twists of Camus's, Sartre's, and Beauvoir's epic love stories. We witness the births and deaths of newspapers and literary journals and peer through keyholes to see the first kisses and last nights of many ill-advised bedfellows. At every turn, Poirier deftly hones in on the most compelling and colorful history, without undermining the crucial significance of the era. She brings to life the flawed, visionary Parisians who fell in love and out of it, who infuriated and inspired one another, all while reconfiguring the world's political, intellectual, and creative landscapes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith its balance of clear-eyed historical narrative and irresistible anecdotal charm, \u003ci\u003eLeft Bank\u003c\/i\u003e transports readers to a Paris teeming with passion, drama, and life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/17\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250231468\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"Agn\u0026#232;s Poirier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36648708047004,"sku":"9781250231468","price":22.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_4bf1765e-28c9-49df-999c-4f479683a172.jpg?v=1603870804","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/left-bank-art-passion-and-the-rebirth-of-paris-1940-50-9781250231468","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}