Paris Café The Select Crowd
Paris Café The Select Crowd by Noel Riley Fitch, published by Catapult in December 2007, offers a detailed exploration of the renowned Montparnasse café, Sélect, which has played a significant role in Paris’s cultural and intellectual landscape for nearly ninety years. This edition, comprising 128 pages, delves into the café’s history and its connection to notable figures such as Hemingway, Beauvoir, and Picasso, highlighting the vibrant atmosphere that has attracted artists and writers alike.
Readers will find a blend of engaging profiles and illustrations that capture the essence of the café’s clientele and staff. The book presents the daily and seasonal rhythms of life at Sélect, showcasing its importance in Parisian social interactions. Additionally, it features insights into the typical café and brasserie fare, including a selection of recipes, making it a rich resource for those interested in travel, food, and the unique role of restaurants in cultural discourse.
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Acclaimed author Noël Riley Fitch, abetted by noted artist Rick Tulka, serves the dish on Select, the famous Montparnasse café that for nearly nine decades has been so vital to Paris and its intellectual denizens: from Hemingway, Beauvoir, Picasso, James Baldwin, and George Plimpton to the writers and artists who continue to work quietly there in the back room or heatedly debate every topic imaginable into the night. The artists have their work on the walls; the novelists include the café setting in their fiction. The quiet and drama of the Sélect world illustrates the centrality of cafés — particularly this one — to Parisian social, cultural, and intellectual life. Blending pithy profiles and witty drawings of clientele and staff, the book is organized around a history of the café, its daily and seasonal rhythms, particular colorful patrons, and even its typical café/brasserie food (including a few recipes).
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