Bring a book to Paris

Author: Lin Da
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Publish Date: 2002-05-01
Features: Lin Da, who writes about America, embarks on another romantic journey to the City of Light. However, places burdened by history are always heavy: "A hundred years can accumulate, struggle, and reflect to produce Hugo. A hundred years are also enough to renew, bury a piece of history, and thus forget it entirely, so that an entire nation does not progress merely because of what it has experienced. Paris is both a city and a microcosm of history. You will feel some of their historical perspectives. Lin Da is the author who has written several books on 'Looking at America from Close Range,' as well as the one who wrote 'Seeing the World from the Margins.' Now, she travels to Paris with a literary masterpiece depicting the 'revolution' (93). In the castles, squares, palaces, churches, and museums of France, she savors the fruits of culture, tastes the feast of art, listens to the echoes of history, and reflects on the thoughts and wisdom forged in blood and fire by her predecessors. Amid the rich French historical and cultural atmosphere, the author enriches her understanding of art, culture, history, society, and the 'revolution' with numerous historical details and scenes. This book includes chapters such as: Bringing a Book to Paris; Haussmann and Old Paris; The Island of ?le de la Cité on the Seine; Parisian Churches; Saint Denis and His Head; and more.