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  • Paris France

  • By: Gertrude Stein
  • Narrated by: Tanya Eby
  • Length: 2 hrs and 31 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (26 ratings)

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Paris France

By: Gertrude Stein
Narrated by: Tanya Eby
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Matched only by Hemingway's A Moveable Feast, Paris France is a "fresh and sagacious" (The New Yorker) classic of prewar France and its unforgettable literary eminences.

Celebrated for her innovative literary bravura, Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) settled into a bustling Paris at the turn of the 20th century, never again to return to her native America. While in Paris, she not only surrounded herself with - and tirelessly championed the careers of - a remarkable group of young expatriate artists but also solidified herself as "one of the most controversial figures of American letters" (New York Times).

In Paris France, with a new introduction from Adam Gopnik - Stein unites her childhood memories of Paris with her observations about everything from art and war to love and cooking. The result is an unforgettable glimpse into a bygone era, one on the brink of revolutionary change.

©1940 The Estate of Gertrude Stein (P)2020 Tantor
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Paris, France

This is such a wonderful short essay, with no judgement..…. I was read with so much style and refinement.

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Gertrude Stein is an entertaining speaker.

"And now, they know" says Gertrude Stein, who wrote this love letter to England and France. Filled with proclamations both profound and silly this read is entertaining and a pure distillation of Gertrude Stein at her arrogant and self-loving best. Perhaps an acquired taste but certainly a rewarding repost. The reader sounds much as Stein must have sounded herself with wit, imagination, and humor.

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I adore Gertrude Stein, but…

I have read everything Ms Stein has written. One could say I am a student of hers. But the performance of the narrator makes this an almost impossible listen. She is robotic and cold. No feeling. Stein was a thinker and her thoughts are lost in the reading. Disappointed.

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Thanks for the Reading!

Grateful for this audio, and I think I'm not alone in hoping for more Gertrude

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Essential Modernist piece

This is an eloquently narrated novel that challenges traditional structure while commenting on the absurdity of certain parts of culture in the 20th century.

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The writing style of Gertrude Stein

Writing style was aggravating- so much circular repetition… it was hard to keep paying attention.

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