The Existential Englishman: Paris Among the Artists
Autor Michael Peppiatten Limba Engleză Hardback – 17 ian 2019
A love letter to Paris and a memoir of a life spent at its bohemian heart, rich with adventures, misadventures and the beauty of one of the most enduringly romantic cities in the world
The Existential Englishman is both a memoir and an intimate portrait of Paris - a city that can enchant, exhilarate and exasperate in equal measure. As Peppiatt remarks: 'You reflect and become the city just as the city reflects and becomes you'. This, then, is one man's not uncritical love letter to Paris.
Intensely personal, candid and entertaining, The Existential Englishman chronicles Peppiatt's relationship with Paris in a series of vignettes structured around the half-dozen addresses he called home as a plucky young art critic. Having survived the tumultuous riots of 1968, Peppiatt traces his precarious progress from junior editor to magazine publisher, recalling encounters with a host of figures at the heart of Parisian artistic life - from Sartre, Beckett and Cartier-Bresson to Serge Gainsbourg and Catherine Deneuve. Peppiatt also takes us into the secret places that fascinate him most in this ancient capital, where memories are etched into every magnificent palace and humble cobblestone.
On the historic streets of Paris, where all life is on show and every human drama played out, Michael Peppiatt is the wittiest and wickedest of observers, capturing the essence of the city and its glittering cultural achievements.
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ISBN-10: 1408891719
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 153 x 234 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.7 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Publishing
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Peppiatt's account of his bohemian life in Paris isfull of colour, character and charm... Peppiatt has an aesthete's love of life, and there are vivid descriptions of food, drink and romance here that bothenrapture and inspire. This enjoyable book works best as an account of a lifelong love affair with the Parisian streets ...The Existential Englishmanoffers elegant proof that MichaelPeppiatt's powers of observation remain undimmed and acute
Being an acute observer and friend of artists, [Peppiatt] shares with them a heightened sensitivity, which leads him to write evocatively about particular memories .Evocative and beautiful prose
On the page, [Peppiatt] remains probablyone of the most eminent art writers of our time; off it, to judge by the swirl of parties, interviews, and chance encounters that fill this memoir, he isa gifted and indefatigable conversationalist
Engaging... Peppiatt's passion for Paris, and his clear perception of its innumerable atmospheres . The personal story is sharpened by a judicious use of the present tense, but it is enhanced above all by a historical vision which enables Michael Peppiatt to paint the characters of severalquartierswith archaeological precision.Even readers unacquainted with the city should be charmed by his portrait
Brings [Paris] to life so vividly you can almost smell it... Très drôle
One of the best art books I have read, by turns atmospheric and waspishly gossipy but also profound and poignant
This vivid new memoir by the artist's protégé is set to be a classic
The best art memoir published in years ... it is personal, subjective and sufficiently scurrilous