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Impossible City

Impossible City

Paris In The Twenty-First Century

Simon Kuper

An unsparing memoir of the city in the twenty-first century, from a long-time Parisien d'adoption ...

Publisher:
Penguin
Year of publication:
2025
Subject:
Non fiction
ISBN:
978-1-80081-650-3
Pages:
272
13,75 €
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Synopsis

An unsparing memoir of the city in the twenty-first century, from a long-time Parisien d'adoption

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