Eric Hazan, author of the acclaimed The Invention of Paris, leads
us by the hand in this walk from Ivry to Saint-Denis, passing such
familiar landmarks as the Luxembourg Gardens, the Pompidou Centre,
the Gare du Nord and Montmartre, as well as little-known alleyways
and arcades. Filled with historical anecdotes, geographical
observations and literary references, Hazan's walk guides us
through an unknown Paris. He shows us how, through planning and
modernisation, the city's revolutionary past has been erased in
order to enforce a reactionary future; but by walking and
observation, he shows us how we can regain our knowledge of the
radical past of the city of Robespierre, the Commune, Sartre and
the May '68 uprising. And by drawing on his own life story, as
surgeon, publisher and social critic, Hazan vividly illustrates a
radical life lived in the city of revolution. Planning and
modernization have accelerated the erasure of its revolutionary
history, yet through walking and observation, Hazan shows how we
can regain our knowledge of the city of Robespierre, the Commune,
Sartre, and the May '68 uprising. Drawing on his own life story, as
surgeon, publisher and social critic, Hazan vividly illustrates the
interplay and concord between a city and the personality it forms.
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