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Ten quite different, but subtly interlinked, evocations of time and place bring the rich history of the sixth arrondissement of Paris to life in a fascinating and original collection exploring life, love, death, chance, choices, and freedom. In 2020, an Australian Francophile is introduced rue de Seine, and to jazz, in the company of a wise old friend. In 1900, Oscar Wilde writes to a friend about a day in and around rue de Seine, accompanied by acquaintances from his past. In 1794, at the height of the Revolution, a boy is witness to the terror, and makes promises that take decades to fulfil. In 2019, after the death of President Chirac, a reporter has a chance encounter that gives him a story he wasn't expecting. In 2005, an Englishman in Paris for business and a young woman who works at the Louvre meet by chance in the street of art galleries. In 1877, during the Haussmann reconstruction of the city, a young man begins a journey to find his true métier. In 2022, sitting a café after the end of an affair, a lover looks back on the relationship, assisted by a recreation of a poem by Prévert. In 1943, the final year of the Occupation, Simone de Beauvoir experiences success, new friendships and a very real sense of freedom. In 1992, a writer remembers a visit to Paris with an old friend, and is reminded of the impact the visit had on the writer's career. In 2008, Rachel, a high-flying American journalist, has an encounter that turns out to change more lives than her own.

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Chris Gymer was born in Dorset, England, and obtained a degreein Civil Engineering at King's College, London. He has lived in andaround Melbourne for over forty years, since travelling overland toAustralia after leaving university.Most of his working life was spent in the information technologyworld, but he has always had a passion for writing, and for France.

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