Noon in Paris, Eight in Chicago
Book
Chicago, 1947: on a freezing February night, France's feminist icon Simone de Beauvoir calls up...
The Passion of Mademoiselle S.
Book
This is a collection of long lost love letters from 1928 to 1930, recently discovered in a dusty...
The Second Sex
Book
'One is not born, but rather becomes, woman'. First published in Paris in 1949, "The Second Sex" by...
Opera: Passion, Power and Politics
Book
Opera is traditionally regarded as an elitist art form far removed from reality by its fantastical...
The Patagonian Hare: A Memoir
Adriana Hunter, Frank Wynne and Claude Lanzmann
Book
Born to a Jewish family in Paris, 1925, Lanzmann's first encounter with radicalism was as part of...
At the Existentialist Cafe: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails
Book
Paris, near the turn of 1932-3. Three young friends meet over apricot cocktails at the Bec-de-Gaz...
Devotion
Book
A work of creative brilliance may seem like magic-its source a mystery, its impact unexpectedly...
Staring Back
Chris Marker, Bill Horrigan and Molly Nesbit
Book
Any new film and any new book by French filmmaker Chris Marker is an event. Marker gave film lovers...