{"product_id":"paris-metro-tales-9780199579808","title":"Paris Metro Tales","description":"Following Helen Constantine's highly successful \u003cem\u003eParis Tales, Paris Metro Tales\u003c\/em\u003e offers 22 remarkable short stories set throughout Paris--all connected by the underground tunnels of its famed Metro. \u003cbr\u003eThe journey begins at the Gare du Nord, stops at 20 underground stations along the way, and ends at Lamarck-Caulaincourt, each story corresponding to one of the 20 \u003cem\u003earrondissements\u003c\/em\u003e of Paris. Readers are invited to find their way through the underground, changing trains when necessary and imaginatively emerging to read a story it its original setting. The stories range from the 15th-century account of the miraculous Saint Genevieve, patron saint of Paris, through tales by favorite writers such as Zola, Simenon, Balzac, and Maupassant. Though connected by the metro, the subjects of these short stories vary widely: from Martine Delerm's gripping narrative of the last hours of Modigliani's mistress to G?rard de Nerval's rich evocation of the bustling market in Les Halles in the 1850s, Colette's unlikely involvement in a traffic accident near the Op?ra, and Boulanger's fine description of a blackly funny experience in P?re Lachaise. In addition to writers well known to the English-speaking world, this collection also includes French authors whose work deserves wider attention, including Fr?d?ric Fajardie, Martine Delerm, Marie Desplechin, Paul Fournel, and Claude Dufresne. Each story is illustrated with a black-and-white photograph and the book includes a map and suggested itinerary through the metro system. \u003cbr\u003ePerfect for fans of \u003cem\u003eParis Tales\u003c\/em\u003e, connoisseurs of French fiction, and all short story enthusiasts, \u003cem\u003eParis Metro Tales\u003c\/em\u003e offers rare glimpses of the darker side of the \"City of Light.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHelen Constantine\u003c\/strong\u003e has published three volumes of translated stories, \u003cem\u003eParis Tales\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFrench Tales\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBerlin Tales\u003c\/em\u003e, and is currently editing a series of City Tales for OUP. She is married to the writer David Constantine and, with him, edits the international magazine \u003cem\u003eModern Poetry in Translation\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50523492679954,"sku":"9780199579808","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_11b7b95f-d5d9-4537-b70a-85893b35ef68.jpg?v=1731149164","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/paris-metro-tales-9780199579808","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}