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Post by luvparee on Nov 8, 2007 10:21:58 GMT -5
I have great luck in having my local library find books for me that I'm too cheap to buy, but want to read. I "think" I had my library find this one and if I remember correctly, it was not as wonderful as I expected it to be. However, I have read a vast number of books about Paris, so I might have this confused with something else -- when you get to be a "certain" age, what again is it that's the first to go ??
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Post by cigalechanta on Nov 8, 2007 21:10:24 GMT -5
I think I found it on Amazon. It was so long ago.
I use Amazon,
abebooks,
alibris,,,so one of those.
If you like Mysteries I have a friend, Cara Black, who writes them. Each murder taking place in a different Arr. The main character is a lady detective half Frenc.
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Post by Shoesy on Nov 9, 2007 2:24:02 GMT -5
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Post by Anne on Nov 9, 2007 2:57:03 GMT -5
Gitte, I am sure that you would love the "Nestor Burma" stories .
Nestor Burma is a detective whose crime investigations are always conducted in one specific area in Paris (the area being usually named in the title of the book) . There are several books, mostly written in the '50s and '60s, comics (not kids style) and a quite good TV series (you can order some DVDs on fnac.com) . I am quite confident that none of this has ever been translated into English, but your French is good enough for at least the comics and DVDs (and probably the books too ..) .
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Post by cigalechanta on Nov 9, 2007 16:29:45 GMT -5
they are hard to come by but I have two in English and Cara has three or four that were once mine. ( Leo Malet is the writer)
A few have been made into films
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Post by cigalechanta on Nov 9, 2007 16:34:31 GMT -5
P.S. Her new book will be published in March, I believe.
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Post by MaisonMetz on Mar 26, 2008 17:22:59 GMT -5
Currently, one of my favorite sources for finding unusual and lesser known gems in Paris is a book I found there last fall called " Paris méconnu: promenade hors des sentiers battus". As far as I know, it hasn't (yet?) been translated into English, but it's full of great suggestions, organized by arrondissement with maps, photos, and details for each. It's also filled with interesting thematic sidebars. There's a photo of the cover and other details on the French version of Amazon: www.amazon.fr/Paris-m%C3%A9connu-Promenade-sentiers-battus/dp/2915807167 |
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Post by GitteK on Apr 6, 2008 7:28:43 GMT -5
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Post by Darcy on Apr 6, 2008 8:20:46 GMT -5
Thanks, Gitte!
Notre Dame du Travail has been on my list for a while, must get there. Checking out the list now.
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Post by Jody on Apr 6, 2008 8:30:14 GMT -5
I'd skip Tour Jean-sans-peur..bare walls. hoaky medival kitchen,good location though!  |
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Post by geordy on Apr 6, 2008 9:45:53 GMT -5
I kind of liked the Tour..wouldn't make a special trip but as you say is in a central area....I liked the W/C....no not one for tourists..the one they used back then...
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Post by Anne on Apr 6, 2008 9:45:57 GMT -5
I was disappointed by the Tour too . And be aware that all the abundant and very interesting information is in French only . Gitte, this Orthodox church looks absolutely lovely  . |
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Post by GitteK on Apr 6, 2008 13:04:31 GMT -5
I know that there is "nothing" to see in the Tour Jean-sans-peur, but I would go for the medieval architecture and for the remarkable vault ceilings: They remind me a lot of what I saw last summer in the recently restored donjon of Château de Vincennes.  anne266 - Although I am not the least religious myself, I am fascinated by orthodox churches, so I also plan to go visit another little church, in Rue Lecourbe. St Séraphin de Sarov91 Rue Lecourbe www.saint-seraphin.net/ And while you are down in the 15th arr - I am sure you will also adore this adorable, blissful alley. George Brassens used to live here. As I recall it, the neighbourhood is rather "blah", a fact which makes the alley all the more a delightful surprise. Villa Santos Dumont  |
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Post by Jody on Apr 6, 2008 16:17:14 GMT -5
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Post by Anne on Apr 7, 2008 2:13:44 GMT -5
We visited it last autumn .
The church doesn't look much orthodox . Actually it isn't orthodox as written on this weblink, it is Greek catholic, something between RC and orthodox . Since it was RC until about a hundred years ago, it looks totally so from the outside, and there are just quite a few icons inside as far as I remember . So the inside is quite sober compared to the usual luxuriance of orthodox churches .
The church is lovely though, and so is the little park at the back, where you can sit and watch Notre Dame across the Seine .
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Post by geordy on Apr 7, 2008 9:21:02 GMT -5
Check out this site for concerts there...ampconcerts.com/
We almost went to one there once......timing was not right
I had read about the"oldest" tree in one newsletter..there was a large tourist group having a picnic underneath it when we went check it out!
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Post by annettecinca on Apr 7, 2008 12:54:47 GMT -5
Thanks for the link, Geordy! There will be a few concerts at St. Chapelle while we're there in October. I'll check with my ladies to see if they're interested in attending.
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Post by GitteK on Jun 6, 2008 1:41:45 GMT -5
parispaspris.free.fr/paris-village.htmI have posted the above link before, because I think it is a wonderful jewelbox of suggestions for seeing some of Paris's villages. But I only knew it to be in French. Here it is in English: tinyurl.com/3tpbs4(Thank you SO much, cigale - or who it was - who mentioned the Google Language Tools, where you can insert any website-link and check if it exists in translated versions) OBS! When you are done with one page in the Village-website, click on the box at the bottom which says "Suite" and you'll see that there are more than ONE page ! I just had a major "AHAA!"-experience myself........  Looking forward to reading your tripreports ! I for one had never heard of Impasse Mousset in the 12th arr. That goes right into my to-do list !   (I googled for Impasse de Moussy, which they call it in the website, but there seems to be no such place in Paris ? so I think they must mean Impasse Mousset, which is in the 12th arr. www.flickr.com/photos/sauseschritt/2269039562/in/set-72157603918044890/
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Post by luvparee on Jun 6, 2008 11:00:22 GMT -5
Gitte -- yet another little gem you have found for us ... I'm with you - I love the little hidden diamonds that one comes upon -- or has a kindred spirit who finds them first and shares!
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Post by MaisonMetz on Aug 10, 2008 12:39:23 GMT -5
If you enjoy things written with an historical perspective, another French-language book that is filled with Paris neighborhood detail is Les Traversées de Paris - l'esprit de la ville dans tous ses quartiers by Alain Rustenholz, published by Parigramme. It's a bit of a tome - definitely not something to tuck into a purse, but well worth the time. Have been reading it piecemeal, neighborhood by neighborhood. Am still not finished, but it's a keeper. It's available from Amazon and probably elsewhere. I found it last year in Paris. www.amazon.fr/Travers%C3%A9es-Paris-Lesprit-ville-quartiers/dp/2840964007/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1218388524&sr=1-1Jo |
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Looking forward to reading your tripreports ! I for one had never heard of Impasse Mousset in the 12th arr. That goes right into my to-do list ! 
hahahha