I'd like to time travel back to the Paris of 100 years ago after reading this book...imagine being in the milieu of artists like Chagall, Picasso, and Modigliani, composers like Stravinsky or Porter, seeing a performance by Josephine Baker, or simply people-watching in Montparnasse. There was an amazing confluence of art, music, theater, fashion, and literary activity taking place, and living there was very reasonable.
The details and insights of this era were insightfully presented, and the many photos added additional realism to the texts. Truly this was one of Paris's great eras, when the creative energy flowed and it all came together.
Sadly, it was also made clear that fascism and anti-Semitism were on the rise in the background, and soon times would change, and not for the better...but while the art, music, and dance were encouraged and flourishing, it would have been wondrous!
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