Éliane Brault's book tells a remarkable story. This Anglophone edition retains the originality of Brault's style, a unique hybrid of newspaper reporting, critical commentary, and personal reflection.
James Smith Allen is Professor Emeritus of History at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. After exploring the social history of the book and the literary lives of women in modern France, he is now working on the acculturation of Americans in twentieth-century Paris.
