Andrew Hussey Livres

A vibrant account of both the sensuous cultural scene of postwar Paris and the life of an alluring icon of modern art. Isidore Isou was a young Jew in wartime Bucharest who barely survived the Romanian Holocaust. He made his way to Paris, where, in 1945, he founded the avant-garde movement Lettrism, described as the missing link between Dada, Surrealism, Situationism, and May ’68. In Speaking East , Andrew Hussey presents a colorful picture of the postwar Left Bank, where Lettrist fists flew in avantgarde punch-ups in Jazz clubs and cafés, and where Isou—as sexy and as charismatic as the young Elvis—gathered around him a group of hooligan disciples who argued, drank, and had sex with the Parisian intellectual élite. This is a vibrant account of the life and times of a pivotal figure in the history of modern art.

This book offers a thought-provoking examination of the complex and often contentious history between France and the Arab world. It delves into cultural, political, and social dynamics, challenging conventional narratives and exploring the implications of colonialism and migration. By analyzing key events and figures, the author presents a nuanced perspective that seeks to foster a deeper understanding of contemporary issues arising from this historical relationship.

From the leading British commentator on France, this is an absorbing, vivid, and monumental account of the tortured relationship between France and its ex-colonies, from the first days of Empire to the ongoing eruptions of violence in the Parisian suburbs

Paris is the city of light and the city of darkness - a place of ceaseless revolution and reinvention that for two thousand years has drawn those with the highest ideals and the lowest morals to its teeming streets. In Andrew Hussey's wonderful book we encounter the myriad citizens whose stories have shaped Paris- the nineteenth-century flaneurs aimlessly wandering Haussman's new streets; survivors and victims of ravaging plagues; the builders of Notre Dame Cathedral; those who turned the River Seine red with blood on St Bartholomew's Day; and the many others whose lives have imprinted themselves on a city that has always aroused strong emotions.

Barvité a fascinující dějiny Paříže od jejích počátků až po žhavou současnost, ovšem vyprávěné z nezvyklého úhlu pohledu – z hlediska odvěkého střetu „nebezpečných tříd“ a vládnoucích vrstev. Autor v této bravurní ukázce dnešního pohledu na dějiny zkoumá každodenní život Pařížanů ve všech jeho aspektech – od jejich zvyklostí, politických představ až po vybití sexuálních tužeb. Také je to průvodce po pařížských památkách a kultuře i politických dějinách, jak se vyvíjely v průběhu věků. Další rovinou je líčení umění a životního stylu Paříže – jak toto město, „královna světa“, ovlivňovalo a působí dodnes na kulturu celé Evropy.