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Drawing extensively on the Beach family papers, Noel Riley Fitch offers a detailed portrait of Sylvia Beach (1887-1962) and the cosmopolitan literary scene that revolved around her Parisian bookstore. The book examines the interactions between American expatriate writers, British and French literary figures, and the broader intellectual life of interwar Paris, illuminating how the shop became a hub for authors, intellectuals, and publishers. Fitch’s scholarship situates Beach within the history of bookselling and publishing, exploring her role as a bridge between English and French literature. Through the lens of the shop’s homes and haunts, the biography reveals the dynamics of the literary landmarks that shaped modernist literature and the subsequent cultural memory of the Lost Generation.
First publish date: 1983
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Biography
Authors: Noel Riley Fitch
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