{"product_id":"banine-parisian-days-9781782278030","title":"Parisian Days","description":"\"Every so often a voice emerges from the archive so vivid that it seems impossible that it should ever have been forgotten.\" -- Evening Standard\n\u003cp\u003eA brilliantly witty memoir telling the story of a young woman's determined struggle to realize her dreams of \"freedom and fantasy\" in 1920s Paris, appearing in English for the first time\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTold with vivacious wit and a lust for life, Parisian Days is a bittersweet portrayal of youthful dreams, and the elusive search for happiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Orient Express hurtles towards the promised land, and Banine is free for the first time in her life. She has fled her ruined homeland and unhappy forced marriage for a dazzling new future in Paris. Now she cuts her hair, wears short skirts, mingles with Russian émigrés, Spanish artists, writers and bohemians in the 1920's beau monde - and even contemplates love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut soon she finds that freedom brings its own complications. As her family's money runs out, she becomes a fashion model to survive. And when a glamorous figure from her past returns, life is thrown further into doubt. Banine has always been swept along by the forces of history. Can she keep up with them now?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart memoir, part social history, Parisian Days reads like a novel and feels timely and relevant. Originally published in the 1940s, this will be the first-ever English translation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pushkin Press","offers":[{"title":"Used - good","offer_id":53728731300182,"sku":"9781782278030-G","price":8.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9781782278030_1.jpg?v=1779106710","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/banine-parisian-days-9781782278030","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}