Paris Lost and Found

A Memoir of Love

Scott Dominic Carpenter (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2024
Travelers' Tales, Incorporated (Verlag)
9781609522124 (ISBN)

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After life smacks him down, Scott Dominic Carpenter struggles to rebound in the City of Light, experiencing Paris through a personal lens filled with loss, laughter, and new beginnings.

Midwestern Bestseller!

What to do when life smacks you down? Head for Paris, of course!

In this book, the author of French Like Moi (2020) returns to the scene of the crime with more tales of intrigue. This time, he’s reeling from loss—and hoping the City of Light will come to his rescue.

From bizarre encounters on the Metro to comical clashes with authority figures, including a quixotic battle against a flock of migrant parrots, and even the tribulations of dating, Paris Lost and Found unveils sides of the great city that are as quirky as they are authentic. With a unique blend of wit, insight, and wistfulness, Carpenter charts a path through a labyrinth of challenges—only to emerge on the other side, squinting into the bright light of hope and new beginnings.

Scott Dominic Carpenter teaches French literature and creative writing at Carleton College (MN). Winner of a Mark Twain House Royal Nonesuch Award (2018), he is the author of French Like Moi: A Midwesterner in Paris (winner of a Next Generation Indie Book Award), This Jealous Earth: Stories, and Theory of Remainders: A Novel (a Kirkus Best Book of 2013), which is currently under option with a major motion picture production company. Carpenter splits his time between St. Paul and Paris.

Part One: The End
1.   Souvenir
2.   Memory
3.   Le Turd
4.   A Thing I Saw: Escape Velocity
5.   Fake-It-and-Wait
6.   ’Tis the Season
7.   Grand Finale
8.   Lockdown

Part Two: The Middle
9.   Ghost Town
10.   Adieu
11.   Silver Screen
12.    French Dough

13.    A Thing I Saw: Signs
14.   Shot in the Dark
15.   Scaredy-Cat
16.   Wildlife
17.   The Parisite

Part Three: The Beginning
18.   A Thing I Saw: Epiphany
19.   Swipe Right
20.   Lost and Found in Paris

Acknowledgments

Erscheinungsdatum	20.08.2024
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	Sebastopol
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	311 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga ► Humor / Satire
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Europa
	Reiseführer ► Europa ► Frankreich
ISBN-13	9781609522124 / 9781609522124
Zustand	Neuware