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PublisherMIT Press

ISBN-100262544075

ISBN-139780262544078

eBay Product ID (ePID)22057244709

Product Key Features

Book TitleMarseille Mix

Number of Pages264 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicEurope / France, History / General

Publication Year2022

IllustratorYes

GenreTravel, Architecture, History

AuthorWilliam Firebrace

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight15.4 Oz

Item Length8.9 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2021-051268

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal944.912

Table Of ContentPreface 1 Elsewhere 5 Cities 35 Double Speak 67 Sea 107 Dangerous Liaisons 139 Mother Above 175 Land 203 Credits and Acknowledgments 239

SynopsisA journey through the history, cultures, and societies of Marseille. There are many Marseilles, or at least many versions of Marseille- seaside village, haven of gangsters, gateway to the East, city of immigrants and outcasts. It is by turns the dull bourgeois provincial town where nothing ever happens and the mysterious unknowable city of the Mediterranean. In Marseille Mix , William Firebrace explores the many Marseilles, the invented and the actual. Leading readers down narrow streets, through undulating terrain that seems at once, or serially, Italian, Greek, Levantine, and North African, Firebrace traces the history and culture of Marseille through landscapes, buildings, food, films, literature, and criminology. In seven chapters, in writing that is by turns essay, narrative, description, list, recipe, glossary, and conversation, Firebrace investigates the city's defining mix. He tells stories of famous Marseillais, including Marcel Pagnol and Antonin Artaud, and famous visitors, including the dying Arthur Rimbaud and Walter Benjamin (who wrote about one visit in "Hashish in Marseille"). He describes the brief period when Marseille was the point of departure for European refugees fleeing the Nazis and the city's mixture of desperation and decadence during the Vichy regime. He visits the basilica of Notre Dame de la Garde and gazes down from its terrace at the panoramic view- an agglomeration of neighborhoods and landscapes that became a city., A journey through the history, cultures, and societies of Marseille. There are many Marseilles, or at least many versions of Marseille: seaside village, haven of gangsters, gateway to the East, city of immigrants and outcasts. It is by turns the dull bourgeois provincial town where nothing ever happens and the mysterious unknowable city of the Mediterranean. In Marseille Mix , William Firebrace explores the many Marseilles, the invented and the actual. Leading readers down narrow streets, through undulating terrain that seems at once, or serially, Italian, Greek, Levantine, and North African, Firebrace traces the history and culture of Marseille through landscapes, buildings, food, films, literature, and criminology. In seven chapters, in writing that is by turns essay, narrative, description, list, recipe, glossary, and conversation, Firebrace investigates the city's defining mix. He tells stories of famous Marseillais, including Marcel Pagnol and Antonin Artaud, and famous visitors, including the dying Arthur Rimbaud and Walter Benjamin (who wrote about one visit in "Hashish in Marseille"). He describes the brief period when Marseille was the point of departure for European refugees fleeing the Nazis and the city's mixture of desperation and decadence during the Vichy regime. He visits the basilica of Notre Dame de la Garde and gazes down from its terrace at the panoramic view: an agglomeration of neighborhoods and landscapes that became a city.

LC Classification NumberDC801.M36F57 2022