A Girl in Paris by Shusha Guppy

A Girl in Paris by Shusha Guppy

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The author tells how, at the age of 17, she left the security of her family in Persia for the Paris of the 1950s - a Paris in political and intellectual ferment. Discovered by Jacques Prevert, she became a singer and actress and encountered many of the famous denizens of "la vie de boheme".

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A Girl in Paris by Shusha Guppy

The author tells how, at the age of 17, she left the security of her family in Persia for the Paris of the 1950s - a Paris in political and intellectual ferment. Discovered by Jacques Prevert, she became a singer and actress and encountered many of the famous denizens of "la vie de boheme".
Shusha Guppy was born and brought up in Iran. She went to Paris when she was 17 to study at the Sorbonne, and moved to London in the early 1960s. London editor of The Paris Review, she contributes to publications on both sides of the Atlantic. A well-known writer and singer/songwriter, she is also the author of the prize winning The Blindfold Horse and A Girl in Paris (both Tauris Parke Paperbacks
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ISBN 13 9780434308521
ISBN 10 0434308528
Title A Girl in Paris
Author Shusha Guppy
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Cornerstone
Year published 1991-12-01
Number of pages 256
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