Paris Street Tales.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (262 pages)
- City Tales Series .
- City Tales Series .
Cover -- Paris Street Tales -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- Picture Credits -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1: Rue des Degrés -- Chapter 2: Streets -- Chapter 3: The Rendez-vous -- Chapter 4: Tableau Parisien -- Chapter 5: Rue de la Tacherie -- Chapter 6: Old Iron -- Chapter 7: Rue Saint-Sulpice -- Chapter 8: The Freedom of the Streets -- Chapter 9: A Rapist Shouts One Night in Montparnasse -- Chapter 10: Lost Street Cries -- Chapter 11: Rue de la Chine -- Chapter 12: The Affair on the Boulevard Beaumarchais -- Chapter 13: Rooftop over the Champs-Élysées -- Chapter 14: The Cheeky Pigeon that Shaton People's Heads -- Chapter 15: The Street is not Enough -- Chapter 16: Rue Pigalle -- Chapter 17: Hold-up in the Rue Ordener -- Chapter 18: The Tree with Three Branches -- Chapter 19: Rue de la Vieille Lanterne -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 -- NOTES ON THE STORIES -- Introduction -- [1] -- [2] -- [3] -- [4] -- [6] -- [7] -- [9] -- [13] -- [16] -- [17] -- [19] -- Notes on the Authors -- Selected Further Reading -- On Paris -- Anthologies of French Short Stories -- Publisher's Acknowledgements.
Paris Street Tales contains eighteen newly translated stories related to particular streets in Paris, and one newly written tale, accompanied by evocative illustrations throughout. These stories range from the nineteenth century to the present day, and offer a vivid picture of Paris streets in a variety of literary styles and tones.