Paris Portraits by Harriet Lane Levy - I wonder if Woody Allen read these stories and was inspired to make Midnight in Paris. Harriet Lane Levy was born in San Francisco in 1867 and lived in Paris in the early part of the 20th Century as part of the Parisian avant-garde. Harriet's world very much revolved around the Stein family. Her straightforward style is illuminating and uncompromising, yet not unkind. The lines are here, and you don't have to read between them to get more than a surface knowledge of what was happening. These newly published stories and accompanying photographs are simply magical, because you feel like you were there. If you haven't seen Midnight in Paris, read this first, then see the movie. And at some point, I'll go to the source and read Gertrude Stein herself, now that I see I've been skirting around her for quite a long while.Wednesday, December 7, 2011
PARIS PORTRAITS
Paris Portraits by Harriet Lane Levy - I wonder if Woody Allen read these stories and was inspired to make Midnight in Paris. Harriet Lane Levy was born in San Francisco in 1867 and lived in Paris in the early part of the 20th Century as part of the Parisian avant-garde. Harriet's world very much revolved around the Stein family. Her straightforward style is illuminating and uncompromising, yet not unkind. The lines are here, and you don't have to read between them to get more than a surface knowledge of what was happening. These newly published stories and accompanying photographs are simply magical, because you feel like you were there. If you haven't seen Midnight in Paris, read this first, then see the movie. And at some point, I'll go to the source and read Gertrude Stein herself, now that I see I've been skirting around her for quite a long while.
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