{"product_id":"my-paris","title":"My Paris","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Gail Scott\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction by Kate Zambreno\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781628976830\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eeBook:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781628976847\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 9th, 2027\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDescription\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCasting light and shadow, looking backwards and forwards, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy Paris\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e is a hypnotizing tale of desire and nostalgia, magically submerging the reader in the endless—and not always seamless—sensuality of the City of Light.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMy Paris\u003c\/em\u003e, a Canadian woman keeps an extraordinary journal of her time in a Parisian studio. Not a typical tourist, she prefers indoor spaces, seeing Paris go by on TV or watching from her window the ever-changing displays of men's designer clothing across the boulevard. Or she roams the streets, caught between nostalgia and a competing sense of the present day, between Paris's rich cultural traditions and the realities of Western imperialism. Disillusioned by her inability to reconcile these contradictions and by her own part in perpetuating them, she assembles in her journal pieces of the present, past, of art, philosophy, of herself, and of the world outside her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGail Scott\u003c\/strong\u003e received the 2024 Mavis Gallant award for her memoir\u003cem\u003e Furniture Music\u003c\/em\u003e, tracking daily life, writing and politics in a group of downtown Manhattan poets in the critical early Obama moment. She is a two-time finalist for Le Grand Prix du livre de Montréal for \u003cem\u003ePermanent\u003c\/em\u003e (upside down) \u003cem\u003eRevolution\u003c\/em\u003e, about radical prose writing across the continent, and for her novel \u003cem\u003eThe Obituary\u003c\/em\u003e, a tale of suppressed history in postmillennial Montréal. Other novels include \u003cem\u003eHeroine\u003c\/em\u003e, set in turbulent 1980s Montréal, and \u003cem\u003eMy Paris\u003c\/em\u003e, whose sad diarist seeks a lost avant-garde in 90s Paris. A Governor General finalist for fiction translation, she lives in Montréal.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47976008712347,"sku":"9781628976830","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":47976008745115,"sku":"9781628976847","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0594\/2915\/9067\/files\/9781628976830_FC.png?v=1779982959","url":"https:\/\/dalkeyarchive.store\/products\/my-paris","provider":"Dalkey Archive Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}