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Paris Out of Hand: A Wayward Guide
Paris Out of Hand A Wayward Guide
Author: Karen Elizabeth Gordon, Barbara Hodgson, Nick Bantock
From the author of The Transitive Vampire, comes an invitation to a strangely illuminated City of Light, Paris out of Hand. This seductively beautiful replica of a 19th-century travel book—replete with illustrations of sights you will never see and maps that may plummet you into a different era—guides readers through the Paris that i...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780811809696
ISBN-10: 0811809692
Publication Date: 8/1/1996
Pages: 160
Rating:
  • Currently 4.8/5 Stars.
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4.8 stars, based on 3 ratings
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 1
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Helpful Score: 3
This is NOT a guidebook. This is NOT something that you would take with you to Paris to tell you where to stay and eat. Anyone who gets this book hoping it will tell them where to go and what to do is missing the point entirely. It is a piece of art, silly and irreverent, an intelligent loud joke that speaks to Francophiles and the merely curious. It contains the most outrageous guide to hotels that DO NOT EXIST and restaurants and clubs that AREN'T REAL. It is a joy to read and laugh over, is beautifully bound with fine, heavy paper and lovely illustrations.

If you want an actual guidebook, find something by Rick Steves. If you want an otherworldly experience that speaks French, go with this book.
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