Memoirs of Montparnasse (New York Review Books Classics)

Memoirs of Montparnasse (New York Review Books Classics)
by John Glassco

Memoirs of Montparnasse (New York Review Books Classics)
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Author: John Glassco
Introduction: Louis Begley
Edition: Paperback
Published: 2007-05-29
ISBN: 1590171845
Number of pages: 296
Publisher: NYRB Classics

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Book Review: Memories
Summary: 5 Stars

John Glassco writes about the Paris arts scene of the 1920s, telling the story of an artist as a young man. It's not always true, but it is always fun, as fiction and autobiography blend to create a good read. Has all the sex, boozing and pathos that was typical of 1920s Paris as its been memorialized in literature, whether that's a good thing or not is for you to decide.

Summary of Memoirs of Montparnasse (New York Review Books Classics)

Memoirs of Montparnasse is a delicious book about being young, restless, reckless, and without cares. It is also the best and liveliest of the many chronicles of 1920s Paris and the exploits of the lost generation. In 1928, nineteen-year-old John Glassco escaped Montreal and his overbearing father for the wilder shores of Montparnasse. He remained there until his money ran out and his health collapsed, and he enjoyed every minute of his stay. Remarkable for their candor and humor, Glassco’s memoirs have the daft logic of a wild but utterly absorbing adventure, a tale of desire set free that is only faintly shadowed by sadness at the inevitable passage of time.

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