EAN: 9781782278030

PARISIAN DAYS - BANINE TASCHENBUCH

Every so often a voice emerges from the archive so vivid that it seems impossible that it
should ever have been forgotten. -- Evening Standard A brilliantly witty memoir telling the
story of a young woman's determined struggle to realize her dreams of freedom and fantasy in
1920s Paris  appearing in English for the first time Told with vivacious wit and a lust for
life  Parisian Days is a bittersweet portrayal of youthful dreams  and the elusive search for
happiness. The Orient Express hurtles towards the promised land  and Banine is free for the
first time in her life. She has fled her ruined homeland and unhappy forced marriage for a
dazzling new future in Paris. Now she cuts her hair  wears short skirts  mingles with Russian
émigrés  Spanish artists  writers and bohemians in the 1920's beau monde - and even
contemplates love. But soon she finds that freedom brings its own complications. As her
family's money runs out  she becomes a fashion model to survive. And when a glamorous figure
from her past returns  life is thrown further into doubt. Banine has always been swept along by
the forces of history. Can she keep up with them now? Part memoir  part social history 
Parisian Days reads like a novel and feels timely and relevant. Originally published in the
1940s  this will be the first-ever English translation.

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