Women of the Left Bank
by Shari Benstock
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Author: Shari BenstockEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1987
ISBN: 0292790406
Number of pages: 566
Publisher: University of Texas Press
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Book Review: The best overview of the period and the personalities.
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great book on the women who made huge contributions to that legendary period of culture: Left Bank Paris between the wars. Impeccably researched and beautifully written, it reveals, through multiple layers of history, biography and social commentary, the enormous and subtle influence of an extraordinary group of talented women whose remarkable gifts and achievements were usually overshadowed and often at the service of the male figures of the left bank scene. A completely absorbing book, I couldn't put it down from the moment I started reading it. One of those books you want to share with everyone, (and everyone I have shared it with shares my enthusiasm for it). An absolute favourite; I can't recommend it highly enough.
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