A Son at the Front 1st January 1970
The novel focusses on the painter Compton, in Paris, and opens 30th July 1914. The novel explores family and sexual bonds, the value of art during war and cultural values.
Blogs in January 1970
Paris to the Moon: A Family in France 1st January 1970
Commissioned by The New Yorker, Adam Gopnik spent five years in Paris with his wife, Martha and son, Luke, writing dispatches now collected here along with previously unpublished journal entries in Paris to the Moon. A self-described “comic-sentimental essayist”,...
The Wine of Solitude 1st January 1970
First published in 1936 this book is thought to be quite autobiographical. It is the story of young girl’s difficult relationship with her beautiful, but vain and shallow mother. The novel is set during the period of the First...
Paris Movie Walks 1st January 1970
Ten walking tours let you be the star on the greatest movie set in the world. From Truffaut and Godard to Hanks and Hepburn, Paris has been a magnet for filmmakers and movie stars, whose careers don’t seem complete...
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