![]() ![]() This helps explain why I have been so deeply savoring the multi-faceted new anthology Paris Was Ours, in which 32 contemporary writers-mostly from the U.S., Canada, and England, but also from Iran, Iraq, and Cuba-reflect on their experiences in the city. I am among this lucky crowd, having lived in Paris for six months just after college, so any account of life in that singular city has a special poignancy for me. “If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.” Over-quoted as they may be, these words from Ernest Hemingway’s memoir A Moveable Feast still capture the abiding allure and magic of Paris for many expatriates, male or female, who have been fortunate enough to live in the City of Light at any age. ![]() ![]() Paris Was Ours, edited by Penelope Rowlands ![]()
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