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Penetrating Paris
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A PARISIAN'S PARIS: Chronicle for the Millennium by Philippe Meyer
(Flammarion/Thames & Hudson, 16.95)
IN THE middle of this captivating and wonderfully human book on
Paris, the Parisian author suddenly says: "I started wondering if my
home town wasn't insidiously beginning to resemble Venice, that
extraordinary stage set which is less and less populated, and where
boredom sets in at 6pm." Later, there is more: "The banal insipidness
of the centre of Paris first became apparent on the Right bank ... As
for Paris's reputation for elegance, dissipation, arts and night
life, it may still sell ...
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