Julian Green was born to American parents in Paris in 1900, and spent most of his life in the French capital. Paris is an extraordinary, lyrical love letter to the city, taking the reader on an imaginative journey around its secret stairways, courtyards, alleys and hidden places. Whether evoking the cool of a deserted church on a hot summer's day, remembering Notre Dame in a winter storm in 1940, describing chestnut trees lit up at night like 'Japanese lanterns' or lamenting the passing of street cries and old buildings, his book is filled with unforgettable imagery. It is a meditation on getting lost and wasting time, and on what it truly means to know a city.

Modern Classics Paris

Literature & Fiction

Green, Julian

Genre Fiction

Penguin Classic

Set in the American South just before the Civil war, this is a family saga of love, political intrigue and above all extravagant living. It has at its centre a modern psychological portrait of the heroine, a complex, sensitive and wilful personality.

The Distant Lands

Contemporary

Secker Warburg

Immersed in her adopted South's aristocratic antebellum society, English-born Elizabeth Escridge is ill-prepared for the Civil War that is to destroy that world forever

The Distant Lands: A Novel of the Antebellum South

Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd

The author shares his impressions of Paris, describes the many memories associated with its streets and buildings, and looks at the future of the city

Paris (English and French Edition)

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Born an American in Paris in 1900, Green accompanies the reader on an imaginative stroll through the French capital sharing his discoveries at every turn. From haunted visions of Notre Dame to memories of the old Trocadero, Green lovingly describes these strange and often little known locations. This special bilingual edition is illustrated with the Green's own photographs.
"Exquisitely literary in a traditional French manner."-New York Review of Books
Julian Green was a member both of the the Académie Française and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Paris (French and English Edition)

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

South

Dramas & Plays

The author recounts his life in Paris and discusses the art of writing fiction

The Apprentice Writer

Biographies & Memoirs

In the years leading up to the Civil War, English-born Elizabeth Escridge Jones, whose husband and lover killed each other in a duel, raises her son, copes with the disapproval of Savannah society, and marries her cousin, Confederate officer Billy Hargrove

The Stars Of The South

An American born in Paris at the turn of the last century, Julian Green takes the reader on an imaginative stroll around the French capital, revealing its secret stairways, courtyards, and alleys. From haunted visions of Notre Dame to memories of the old Trocadero, Green describes strange and little-known locations as well as the great sights. A special bilingual edition illustrated with Green’s own photographs, this is a book to treasure, containing the hidden delights of Paris in an intimate literary portrait.
Julian Green published over 70 books in France and was a member of both the Académie Française and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Paris (Marion Boyars Modern Classics) (French Edition)

Essays & Correspondence

Julien Green's fame rests principally not only on his novels and for being the first American inductee to the Acadamie Francaise, but on his journals, published in ten volumes, and spanning the years 1926-1976, providing a chronicle of his literary and religious life. To Leave Before Dawn is also an autobiographical volume, and a unique window on the artistic and literary scene in Paris over a span of half a century.

To Leave Before Dawn

Professionals & Academics

Peter Owen Publishers

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