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Monday 7 May 2012

best paris stories...

I have just downloaded Best Paris Stories on my Kindle... I am thinking that these essays would be the perfect read for all those very dull times when I am waiting...  in the traffic, at the airport, for an appointment... Life is so much about 'waiting'... I have decided to make the most of it... A short story, a snippet about Paris, an interlude in my favourite city... an entertaining and worthwhile escape I thought... xv

For some, Paris is home, for others, merely a dream. For Gaston, it is a bench, the anchor of his life. For Sue, a romantic city filled with scandalous, dark-eyed men, for Frank an all-consuming fire, for Mme Santinelli a ghost she'd hoped to forget. By turns humorous, bittersweet, historical or surreal, each of these carefully selected stories invites us to explore a different facet of Paris.

BEST PARIS STORIES brings together the winning short stories of the 2011 Paris Short Story Contest with works by Jeannine Alter, Bob Levy, Lisa Burkitt, Nafkote Tamirat, Marie Houzelle, Jo Nguyen, Julia Mary Lichtblau, Mary Byrne, Marie Houzelle, Jane M. Handel, and Jim Archibald.

"Exciting new voices from the winners of the 2011 Paris Short Story Contest" - Paris Writers News


Best Paris Stories available HERE

(For European readers, Best Paris Stories is available here)
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20 comments:

  1. Unknown6 May 2012 at 09:31

    Oh thank you for this - I don't have a Kindle - but will look for the Book online as I doubt that this will make it to Australian shores in the next few months - if at all. I love hot tips on good books ! Also love your blog - it's part of my weekly fix of all good things French! Francesca x

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  2. Jennifer6 May 2012 at 10:28

    Thanks for posting this. Looks great! I plan on downloading it this week.

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  3. Ingrid Mida6 May 2012 at 11:47

    Dear Vicki,
    What a lovely idea.... With all the travels I have this month, this is a tip I can really use. Merci!

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  4. Castles Crowns and Cottages6 May 2012 at 12:15

    Bonjour Vicki!

    Oh you are like me. If all I have is a brochure, a receipt, ANYTHING on my person while I am stuck somewhere waiting, I READ IT! I got so used to this practice when studying French that I still do it in whatever language is in front of me that I can read!

    I hope to do a Paris link party after Mother's Day. It would be lovely if you participated! In the meantime, thank you so much for visiting me once I got my real post up!

    A BIENTÔT! Anita

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  5. miss b6 May 2012 at 13:27

    This sounds like one for me to buy - I travel regularly and a good short story is perfect at the airport and a change from the magazines I often carry with me.
    http://missbbobochic.blogspot.co.uk/

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  6. fr6 May 2012 at 13:55

    Hi Vicki

    Nice suggestion. Am seeing how to get kindle on my ipad now. If you're in Paris over the next few weeks, I'd love to meet for coffee. I didn't see how else to contact you on your site.

    Best,
    Jill
    Jill@leTrip.org

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  7. Pura Vida6 May 2012 at 15:24

    Thanks vicki

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  8. A Gift Wrapped Life6 May 2012 at 15:31

    Wonderful, I love short stories and set in Paris......perfect. Thank you for the share Vicki. Much love XO

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  9. La Petite Gallery6 May 2012 at 15:41

    I saw the title and had to pop in.
    I need a good story while I sit waiting at the Doctors office.
    What would be even better is to be there. Have a wonderful
    Mothers Day. Thanks for the heads up.

    yvonne

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  10. Unknown6 May 2012 at 15:42

    This sounds exactly like something I would like to read...I am guessing you have already read Penelope Rowlands' selection of stories about Paris, I really enjoyed that too.

    I was just browsing in a local bookshop this afternoon, saw "The Paris Wife" and thought of you! I am already mentally putting together my reading list for France Summer 2012 ;) XX

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  11. Teresa Hatfield ~ Splendid Sass6 May 2012 at 15:57

    I will have to download it to my iPad. I need to get a Kindle because it is so much lighter!
    Here is to a great Sunday.
    Teresa
    xoxo

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  12. Callie Grayson6 May 2012 at 16:34

    Thank you for the intro, I am really into carrying a bookwith short stories as of late just for waiting.
    Have a wonderful week!
    Xx
    Callie

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  13. martinealison6 May 2012 at 18:36

    Vous devenez une véritable parisienne!...
    Bonne idée.
    gros bisous

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  14. michele6 May 2012 at 18:52

    thanks for this introduction to the book which i will get my hands on. i remember seeing a contemporary artist's exhibit (online not in person, boo hoo) a few years back, and his subject was waiting. i was mesmerized, and you have reminded me of that mood which is so human and so mundane, but not without meaning.

    smiles.

    michele

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  15. Unknown6 May 2012 at 21:25

    Vicki,

    Sounds like the perfect Mother's day gift for those Mum's and Mum's in law who love to read.

    Bette

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  16. Nikon6 May 2012 at 21:43

    I love the book jacket photo.

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  17. carolyn bradford7 May 2012 at 03:45

    I cannot wait to read this! Thanks so much for posting! Perhaps a kindle should be on my mother's day gift wish list?
    Carolyn

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  18. The enchanted home7 May 2012 at 11:52

    Sounds like something I must get and know I would enjoy. What a great idea...thanks for the heads up Vicki.

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  19. carla coulson7 May 2012 at 16:40

    That cover has me sold. Beautiful photo and I am sure wonderful stories.. Carla xx

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  20. Hallie7 May 2012 at 18:45

    This is great, and a wise bit of advice. Yes, we wait everywhere. I don't have a kindle, I keep thinking I can do it all on my ipad which I don't really know how to use!
    I look forward to reading those stories. thank you!

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