Narrow Street

I belive this is the same book that I have, mine is a old book club edition. I have loaned this book to several friends who were traveling to paris in the last 25 years, and all have liked the background it gives. The book paints a much different picture than you see on the street now. I have also stayed in the Hotel Du Montblanc, where Mr. Paul lived. I find his writing to be informative and he paints a picture with details that takes your mind to the places that he writes about, and gives you a feel for the people and places. Mr Paul was a contemporary of Hemingway and lived and worked in similar places, Paris, Spain, and the American north west. If you are planning a trip to Paris and a visit to the Latin Quarter, do yourself a favor and read this before going. Then take it along, get a little bottle of wine and a "sandwich Grec" sit on a park bench at the end of the street, and take your mind back 70+ years. I am compilling a Bio. for Elliot Paul to be posted on the web (because there ain't one) if you have any information about him, or would just like to send me a review of one of his books that you have read please do so at [email protected].

This is a delightfully charming book about the author's life in Paris as a journalist between World War I and the start of World War II. The author's descrioption of day to day existence in the small Paris neighborhood, and his lovingly detailed portrayals of the denizens, are both touching and hilarious. It's worth reading this just to learn the story of la rue du chat qui peche.