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Expatriate Paris

A Cultural and Literary Guide to Paris of the 1920s

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Expatriate Paris

By: Arlen J. Hansen
Narrated by: Robert Blumenfeld
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About this listen

Paris has long been a storied center of art and culture, and of romance, but in the 1920s its magnetism was especially irresistible. From around the world writers, artists, and composers steamed in, to visit or linger, some to reside. This book - a work of immense erudition spiced with anecdotes and gossip - documents their haunts and habits, their comings and goings, their relationships intimate and artistic.

©1990, 2012 Arlen J. Hansen (P)2012 Audible, Inc. Americas Europe France Travel Writing & Commentary United States Western Europe

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Editor reviews

The 1920s saw an influx of writers and artists make their home in Paris. Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce, Josephine Baker, and Cole Porter were among the luminaries who converged upon the city and turned it into an early-20th-century cultural destination. Arlen J. Hansen's Expatriate Paris is both a celebration and guide to that eminent epoch, brilliantly structured in geographical sections that inform the listener of various landmarks and histories. With an erudite performance by Robert Blumenfeld that elevates the city's charm and glamor, Expatriate Paris is a must-listen for travelers searching for lost excitement in the City of Light.
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Easy listening. snippets connections and birds eye view of expats and artistes' lives, a brew in a cauldron of time.

Narration overall reasonable, bar some pronunciation errors in English eg fracas amongst others and intonation at sentence ends. French pronunciation best commented on by a native French speaker.

Captures Paris of a Gatsbyian era

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Considering the narrator was reading a list of street names with appendages, loosely described as well known game changers in society in 1920s, not a bad attempt.
How refreshing the listen would have been with longer stories/anecdotes of those individuals at les hôtels and offices who so liberally coloured Parisian life then.
Well researched but too bitty as listening entertainment

A list of street names…all the way through

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