"It is after experiencing life that I have returned here to think about myself."
Paul Morand was a diplomat, traveller, socialite and one of the most erudite and original writers of the twentieth century. Venices is his typically unconventional autobiography: an evocative account of a remarkable life lived surrounded by the remarkable. Its poised, impressionistic, poetically vivid scenes add up year-by- year to a rich meditation, full of astonish- ing portraits and memories, joy as well as melancholy.
Though Morand's reputation was mar- red for years by his involvement with the collaborationist Vichy government, this book, in its effortless elegance, demonstrates why his influence has been so great. The thread that holds it taut throughout is Venice, the city to which Morand always returned.
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About the Author:
Paul Morand was born in 1888 and died there in 1976. A diplomat (serving in London, Rome, Berne and Bucharest), writer and poet; traveller and socialite; friend of Proust, Giraudoux and Malraux; married to the Romanian princess Helene Soutzo he was one of the most original writers of the twentieth century.
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- PublisherPushkin Pr Ltd
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 1901285413
- ISBN 13 9781901285413
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
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