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In Paris Noir Yonnet tells us about some of the darker quarters of Paris on the left bank of the Seine, centred on the place Mauberge and the rue Mouffetard, as seen from his own experience. It is mainly written during the 1940s, under the Occupation and in the immediate post-war period; there is a certain amount dealing with the resistance, but the main thrust of the book is a Paris that existed between the wars - and is well known from the film noir -but has since disappeared. It concentrates on the people, rather than places, a mixture of ordinary workers, tradesmen, artists, con-men and criminals. Paris Noir will appeal to lovers of the supernatural and the bizarre. Essential reading for visitors to Paris who want to get beneath the skin of the city. AUTHOR: Storyteller, poet, traveller, racconteur, resistance fighter Jacques Yonnet(1915-1974) is one of the legendary Parisian figures of his epoch. In Paris Noir he reveals a hidden and unknown face of Paris's left bank.

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'Paris Noir explores the darker side of the City of Lights in this marvellous semi-autobiographical novel. Written by resistance hero and poet, the late Jacques Yonnet, it tells of the mistrust, intrigue and secrecy during the 1940s when Paris was under the Occupation immediately after the war. The book was originally published in French in1954 to huge acclaim, and has now been excellently translated for an English-speaking audience by Christine Donougher. Yonnet's account centres around the seemy area around the Place Mauberge, but in fact the book concentrates more on people than places. Depicting a frightening world of conmen, whores, beggars, artists and traders with a few supernatural events thrown in for good measure. Yonnet conjures up a Paris straight out of a film noir.' RC in The French Magazine ****

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Storyteller, poet, traveller, racconteur, resistance fighter Jacques Yonnet(1915-1974) is one of the legendary Parisian figures of his epoch. In Paris Noir he reveals a hidden and unknown face of Paris's left bank.

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