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Paryż Na Widelcu. Sekretne życie Miasta (2012)

by Stephen Clarke(Favorite Author)

3.69 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

8377476649 (ISBN13: 9788377476642)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Wydawnictwo W.A.B.

review 1: Having read two books by Stephen Clarke about the Parisian adventures of a fictitious character, "Paris revealed" sounded like a light & fun read, while I didn't have any expectations towards it at all.Though it did have a few entertaining passages and it is successful at introducing the Parisian way of life, starting from the inhabitants of the city going onto the actual surroundings, it just becomes too repetitive, not even a quarter into it. This book seems like the author tried to make his living off of stripping off the storyline of his first two books and putting together a new one, supposedly consisting of fun facts and real life stories.Reading about seemingly endless descriptions of the different arrondissements of the city on 11 ongoing pages or pretty much every... morething there is to know about the métro system and its different lines on 17 ongoing pages, just seems plain unnecessary to me. Though if you've got some free time to spare, it's a light read which will make you chuckle a few times and be helpful in letting time pass by quicker.
review 2: Continuing with my book a month for 2014, February saw my literary senses being tingled by Stephen Clarke's Paris Revealed. After spotting the word Paris on the cover in a charity shop, I quickly snapped it up and skipped up the road to continue my love affair with the city of lights.Each chapter details a different element of Parisian life from the Metro to water before a discussion on sex and ending with some detail on the apartments of Paris! Basically if you want a little bit of insight into the social history and the day to day happenings of the city - this is your friend.Clarke has a dry sense of humour which I of course chuckled along too as well as his chatty nature which made you feel at ease and discussing the city with a friend assisting you in your move. Complete with photographs related to the chapter and a little bit of French thrown in here and there this book will make you want to up sticks and move to Paris, like I needed encouragement...Other titles by the author include the non-fiction books 'A 100 Years of Annoying the French' and 'Talk to the Snail' along with a host of fiction. After reading Paris Revealed and enjoying it thoroughly from cover to cover, I am 100% going to research Clarke's other titles. I obviously need more French based books...2/12 so far for my book every month in 2014. Good start I would say *pats self on the back* so Number 3 of this 12 part challenge is Daphne Du Maurier 'Jamaica Inn'. A book described by Mama erratic glamour as a page turner that is written so well you feel the eerie, unsettled atmosphere. I for one cannot wait for this. less

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