FRAGILE GLORY: A PORTRAIT OF FRANCE AND THE FRENCH
by Bernstein, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG/G+, quarter bound cloth with oil spots on bottom of paper-covered boards, the heavily chipped dust jacket is torn at the top
- ISBN 10
- 039458340X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394583402
- Seller
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Los Altos Hills, California, United States
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Synopsis
An enormously entertaining account of contemporary France from the former Paris bureau chief of The New York Times . Bernstein combines personal memoir, informed observation, and news-hound curiosity to offer a stirring and unforgettable panaorama of France—at times exalted, troubling, and occasionally absurd.
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- Seller
- May Day Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 01663
- Title
- FRAGILE GLORY: A PORTRAIT OF FRANCE AND THE FRENCH
- Author
- Bernstein, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/G+, quarter bound cloth with oil spots on bottom of paper-covered boards, the heavily chipped dust jacket is torn at the top
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 039458340X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394583402
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
- Size
- octavo
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