Product Description
There can perhaps be no more comprehensive guide to Paris than one written by an American who has long been a part of that city’s extensive community of literary expatriates. Such is the case with Frances Gendlin, who gives us in her fictionalized memoir, Paris, Moi, and the Gang: A Memoir…of Sorts, an insider’s view of Paris. Everything and everyone appears with relish and humor through an open look at the life of her main character, travel writer Fran, who is researching a new guidebook. She creates a charming narrative including Parisian history and facts, friends and families, love life, and daily adventures—all taking place in the world’s most magnificent city. Calling on her knowledge of Franco-American history and weaving this richness into descriptions of the neighborhoods, places, and events that constitute her complex and compelling city, Fran draws us into a story that offers the past, the present, and a way of understanding Paris that most tourists might never grasp on their own. And while she faces a deadline for her new writing project, she—with the friends she calls her “gang”—manages to fit in a life so full that it entices the reader ever further into the city. Tempting us with vignettes, descriptions, observations, and sentiments, we are left only wanting more.
