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The nightinghouls of Paris

Title
The nightinghouls of Paris / Robert McAlmon ; edited and with an introduction by Sanford J. Smoller.
Author
McAlmon, Robert, 1896-1956.
Publication
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2007], ©2007.

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Additional Authors
Smoller, Sanford J.
Description
lxi, 193 pages; 24 cm
Summary
"The Nightinghouls of Paris is a thinly fictionalized memoir of the darker side of expatriate life in Paris. Beginning in 1928, the story follows the changes undergone by Canadian youths John Glassco and his friend Graeme Taylor during their (mis)adventures in Paris while trying to become writers. There they meet Robert McAlmon, who guides them through the city's cafes, bistros, and nightclubs, where they find writers and artists including Kay Boyle (with whom Glassco has a fling), Bill Bird, Djuna Barnes, Claude McKay, Hilaire Hiler, Peggy Guggenheim, and Ernest Hemingway." "Fleeing France in late 1940, Robert McAlmon lost his notebook manuscripts and drafted The Nightinghouls of Paris from memory. Until now, it has existed solely as a typescript held by Yale University. Unlike most memoirs of American expatriates in the 1920s, The Nightinghouls of Paris centers not only on writers, but also encompasses the racial, national, and social melange they encountered in everyday life."--BOOK JACKET.
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ISBN
  • 0252031350 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780252031359 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2006022584
  • 9780252031359
OCLC
  • OCM70292065
  • SCSB-5316938
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries