Let's Go Paris 13th Edition

by Let's Go, Inc.

• ISBN13: 9780312335557
• ISBN10: 0312335555
• Edition: 13th
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2004-12-13
• Publisher: Let's Go Publications
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Summary

Completely revised and updated, Let's Go: Paris is your insider's guide to the City of Light. Our forty-five years of travel savvy deliver everything you need to know to be mistaken for a native, from an expanded introduction to contemporary Paris to tips on ordering un cafeacute; like a local. This edition examines Paris from every angle, telling you where to find falafel on rue de Rosiers and giving you opportunities to experience the city's social issues first-hand. So, whether you'd rather savor foie gras under the gaze of wine-making wax monks or stroll the cobblestone Quai de Valmy near the locks of Canal St-Martin, Let's Go can show you the way.

Author Biography

Amelia Lester ile de la Cite, ile St-Louis, 3eme, 4eme, 7eme, 8eme, 11eme, 12eme, 13eme, 16eme, 17eme A veteran editor of Let's Go Australia: 2004, Amelia managed to find the only wallaby enclosure within 50km of Paris. Our stylish Aussie has made a career out of the journalism of cool, tackling everything from fashion to gossip to the literary avant-garde. Given her passion for Parisian cuisine, we can only imagine that "food critic" will be next on her list of expert credentials-after her forthcoming BA in English, of course. Amelia approached Paris with incomparable diligence, braving the bars of the Marais to assess, out of selfless devotion to our readers, the hotness of the unbearably unavailable clientele. Marc Lizoain 1er, 2eme, 5eme, 6eme, 9eme, 10eme, 14eme, 15eme, 18eme, 19eme, 20eme An international man of mystery. To the swooning American ladies, he was French. To the French, he was Spanish. At Moose Bar in the 6eme, he was Canadian; to the American Social Security office, he was a potential threat to national safety. And through it all, he was dashing, sharp, and mercilessly funny. Marc used his studies in history to pierce through travel-writing romance and elaborate prose to get straight to the heart of the matter. And his matter-of-fact honesty (not to mention historical accuracy) was always more intriguing and insightful than the piles of deflated myths and elided adjectives he left in his wake. Contributing Writers Verena Andermatt Conley teaches Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University. Her publications include Helene Cixous: Writing the Feminine (1981; 1991), Rethinking Technologies, ed. (1993; 1997), and Ecopolitics: the Environment in Poststructuralist Thought (1997). Charlotte Houghteling was the editor of Let's Go: Middle East 2003, Egypt 2003 and Israel 2003. Her graduate sudies at Cambridge included research on the consumer society of Revolutionary Paris. Sara Houghteling was a Researcher-Writer for Let's Go: France 1999. She taught at the American School in Paris and is now studying creative writing at the University of Michigan. Meredith Martin is a Ph.D. candidate in the History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University. She is currently researching a dissertation on 18th-century French gardens, with a focus on aristocratic women and their pleasure dairies. Marcel LaFlamme was an Associate Editor for Let's Go: Europe 2005 and Let's Go: Western Europe 2005. He spent a semester doing history research in Paris and is currently working on a senior thesis on gender politics.

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