The spirited companion volume to her Days in the Caucasus: reaching Paris, she cuts her hair and swirls with the beautiful people of 1920s’ Paris – Malraux and Kazantzakis, fellow emigr?s such as Bunin and Teffi, et alia.
Parisian Days
£16.99
Edition:Hardback978178227801619/01/2023
Categories: 01. New Year 2023: Biography & Memoir, Biography, Letters & Diaries, New Year 2023
Tags: Bohemian Circles, France, Paris, Russia
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