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al  ·  3569 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Where is the current "Paris in the 20s"?

Some places in Bristol suppose?





xenophon  ·  3569 days ago  ·  link  ·  

UK?

Rossignol  ·  3569 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Bristol has an extremely iconic and influential music scene in the UK. I believe it's also one of the easiest places to cover the cost of living as a student in the Britain. I'm not sure it quite has the same international rayonnement as that of France during the 1900th and early 20th centuries, but it seems promising.

Can you give me some examples of expat literature from Paris? I'd love to hear some recommendations.

xenophon  ·  3569 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think the most iconic work to come out of that scene was Hemingway's memoir "A Movable Feast" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Moveable_Feast). Other works of his like "The Torrents of Spring" and "The Sun Also Rises" are also great.

user-inactivated  ·  3569 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The former was about Gertrude Stein, who in many ways embodies the Lost Generation. And I would be remiss in failing to mention Fitzgerald, who in my opinion was the finest author of that circle. He wrote one of my favorite books, This Side of Paradise (and though it was neither written in France nor is it about France, it deserves wholeheartedly the Lost Generation tag). He also wrote, of course, Tender is the Night, a quintessentially depressing novel set on the Riviera about the sorts of American expats who populated it.

user-inactivated  ·  3569 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Whoops - meant to shoutout to Rossignol.

al  ·  3569 days ago  ·  link  ·  

yes :) its culturally vibrant and there is a lot of cheap housing, so it might be what you're looking for