Paris Stories
Simpson has lived and worked in Paris for years, and has long maintained an apartment in the Marais. Parisian friends often tell him that he knows how to get around Paris better than those born and raised there. Paris is an intimate player in this story about how a young man from West Texas finds himself as a sophisticated, urbane adult in a world far away from his birth.
Chad and his partner Imad live in the Fifth, close to the Pantheon, on Rue des Bernardins, a street steeped in its own Paris stories. During the riots of the 1960’s many of its cobblestones were ripped up to be thrown at the police. But this story roams over the various quartiers, streets and boulevards of Paris, from St. Germain to Luxembourg Gardens. In fact, if you know Paris – or want to know it better – the novel is practically a guidebook.
If you like Paris Stories, Simpson has written a Paris stories you should love. Paris is a transformative city. It changes those who love it and, especially, those who spend time there. You’ll agree with the effect the city has on Roberta Martin, the protagonist’s cousin, who is sent to Paris to bring Chad back to West Texas. Her own discovery of Paris and love, parallels her cousin’s, but that of many of us.
If you love Paris stories, this book is for you.
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