经济学人TheEconomist
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April28th
booksandarts
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IntellectuallifeinFrance
Insearchoflosttimes
Thedeath—orreinvention—oftheFrenchintellectual
Foraspiringandoftenpennilessintellectuals,theCafédeFloreontheleftbankinParis,withitsArtDecointeriorandbow-tiedwaiters,wasonce,recountsAgnèsPoirier,“auniversity”.
Conversationswerenotloud;theairwasserious,booksstoodbetweenglasses,andthelightingwasdecidedlydim…Menworecorduroyjackets,turtlenecks,dirtytrenchcoats,theirhairalittletoolong,whilewomenworenomake-up.Nobodywasdressedfashionably,buteveryonehadstyle.
“LeftBank”—MsPoirier’sdelightfulaccountofthewriters,artistsandpainterswhosharedbeds,cigarettesandcolumninchesonafewstreetsinthes—returnsfrequentlytotheCafédeFlore.SimonedeBeauvoiruseditasherletter-box,itswarmthareprievefromtheunheatedhotelroomshelivedinonthenearbyruedeSeine.SheandJean-PaulSartre(pictured),plustheircoterieofanti-bourgeoiswritersandmuses,wroteandsmokedatitstables,ashortstepfromSartre’slittleapartmentontherueBonaparte.Manuscriptswereeditedthere,andaradicalphilosophyborn.Itwas,inshort,theepicentreofFrenchintellectuallife.
Today,theCafédeFloresitsnexttoaLouisVuittonstore.OutsideontheboulevardSaint-Germainonawarmspringmorning,avalet-parkingattendantpolishesablackMercedes.AcoupleofretiredAmericantouristseatCaesarsaladsinsilence.Russianteenagersposeforselfiesinthesun,thenrunoffwithoutordering.Thewaiters,likewell-trainedextras,shrug.
TheCafédeFlorestilltradesonitsliteraryheritage.Itrunsanannualbookprize.ThecarteisdesignedtoresembletheausterecreambookcoversusedbyGallimard,whichpublishedSartre,deBeauvoirandAlbertCamus.Butthesedaysthesignatureapéritifisaglassofchampagnewithcaviar.Theonlywriterswhofrequenttheplace,saysthedaymanager,tendtobecelebritieswithdeeppockets.Isitjusttoopriceyforaspiringartists?“Probably.”
Ofcourse,manygreatcitieshaveseentheirformerbohemianquarterstransformedbyinflatedpropertypricesandconsumerism.Up白癜风得治疗白癜风能治了吗
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