Andrew Hussey Libros

A vibrant account of both the sensuous cultural scene of postwar Paris and the life of an alluring icon of modern art. Isidore Isou was a young Jew in wartime Bucharest who barely survived the Romanian Holocaust. He made his way to Paris, where, in 1945, he founded the avant-garde movement Lettrism, described as the missing link between Dada, Surrealism, Situationism, and May ’68. In Speaking East , Andrew Hussey presents a colorful picture of the postwar Left Bank, where Lettrist fists flew in avantgarde punch-ups in Jazz clubs and cafés, and where Isou—as sexy and as charismatic as the young Elvis—gathered around him a group of hooligan disciples who argued, drank, and had sex with the Parisian intellectual élite. This is a vibrant account of the life and times of a pivotal figure in the history of modern art.

This book offers a thought-provoking examination of the complex and often contentious history between France and the Arab world. It delves into cultural, political, and social dynamics, challenging conventional narratives and exploring the implications of colonialism and migration. By analyzing key events and figures, the author presents a nuanced perspective that seeks to foster a deeper understanding of contemporary issues arising from this historical relationship.

From the leading British commentator on France, this is an absorbing, vivid, and monumental account of the tortured relationship between France and its ex-colonies, from the first days of Empire to the ongoing eruptions of violence in the Parisian suburbs

If Adam Gopnik's Paris to the Moon described daily life in contemporary Paris, this book describes daily life in Paris throughout its a history of the city from the point of view of the Parisians themselves. Paris captures everyone's It's a backdrop for Proust's fictional pederast, Robert Doisneau's photographic kiss, and Edith Piaf's serenaded soldier-lovers; a home as much to romance and love poems as to prostitution and opium dens. The many pieces of the city coexist, each one as real as the next. What's more, the conflicted identity of the city is visible everywhere―between cobblestones, in bars, on the métro .In this lively and lucid volume, Andrew Hussey brings to life the urchins and artists who've left their marks on the city, filling in the gaps of a history that affected the disenfranchised as much as the nobility. The Secret History ranges across centuries, movements, and cultural and political beliefs, from Napoleon's overcrowded cemeteries to Balzac's nocturnal flight from his debts. For Hussey, Paris is a city whose long and conflicted history continues to thrive and change. The book's is a picaresque journey through royal palaces, brothels, and sidewalk cafés, uncovering the rich, exotic, and often lurid history of the world's most beloved city.

"Spanning Paris's history from the earliest days to the present, this book traces the city's story through kings and queens, revolutions and wars, massacres and plagues. But it also brings Paris's fabled outsiders alive - vagabonds, immigrants, prostitutes and criminals, whose experiences are markedly different from those related in official histories." "Paris itself is like a palimpsest: the very stones and street names allude to its often violent and turbulent past. It is a city of secret adventures, of hidden meanings which, on journeys from royal palaces to bars, brothels and opium dens, this book uncovers. Paris is written to be used. It is a history book that can be taken to the bar, on the metro, into the heart of the labyrinth itself. Beautifully written and brilliantly engaging, this is a portrait of an endlessly fascinating city."--Jacket

Barvité a fascinující dějiny Paříže od jejích počátků až po žhavou současnost, ovšem vyprávěné z nezvyklého úhlu pohledu – z hlediska odvěkého střetu „nebezpečných tříd“ a vládnoucích vrstev. Autor v této bravurní ukázce dnešního pohledu na dějiny zkoumá každodenní život Pařížanů ve všech jeho aspektech – od jejich zvyklostí, politických představ až po vybití sexuálních tužeb. Také je to průvodce po pařížských památkách a kultuře i politických dějinách, jak se vyvíjely v průběhu věků. Další rovinou je líčení umění a životního stylu Paříže – jak toto město, „královna světa“, ovlivňovalo a působí dodnes na kulturu celé Evropy.