{"product_id":"9780982369852","title":"Best Paris Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFor some, Paris is home, for others, merely a dream. For Gaston, it is a bench, the anchor of his life. For Sue, a romantic city filled with scandalous, dark-eyed men, for Frank an all-consuming fire, for Mme Santinelli a ghost she'd hoped to forget. By turns humorous, bittersweet, historical or surreal, each of these carefully selected stories invites us to explore a different facet of Paris. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBEST PARIS STORIES\u003c\/strong\u003e brings together the winning short stories of the 2011 Paris Short Story Contest with works by Jeannine Alter, Bob Levy, Lisa Burkitt, Nafkote Tamirat, Marie Houzelle, Jo Nguyen, Julia Mary Lichtblau, Mary Byrne, Jane M. Handel, and Jim Archibald.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Exciting new voices from the winners of the 2011 Paris Short Story Contest\" - \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eParis Writers News\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSELECTED BY DISTINGUISHED JUDGES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Hortense on Tuesday Nights\" had a sparse, mysterious quality which engaged me. The point of view was culturally ambiguous - and distinctly Un-American - which I found refreshing. \u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cstrong\u003eJUDGE ELIZABETH BARD\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eLunch in Paris: a Love Story with Recipes\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI chose \"The Way You Looked at Me\" for its graceful writing and general subject - our differing points of view - and for its powers of observation, and astute cross-cultural detail. \u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cstrong\u003eJUDGE DIANE JOHNSON\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eLe Divorce\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI chose \"My Sunday with God\" because, in addition to being well written and having a strong voice, it felt very fresh to me. \u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cstrong\u003eJUDGE ANNE KORKEAKIVI\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eAn Unexpected Guest\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhen reading this story, I was struck by the narrator's voice, which took me to other times and other places. I admired how the author shed light on the plight of immigrants who come to France and the harsh realities they encounter on the way. \u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cstrong\u003eJUDGE JANET SKESLIEN CHARLES\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eMoonlight in Odessa\u003c\/em\u003e, on \"Brazzaville - Belleville Express\")\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is a story whose characters emotionally hooked us and we wanted to keep reading. Set in an earlier era added intrigue and grounding while capturing the French primal relationship with food. \u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cstrong\u003eJUDGES CHARLES AND CLYDETTE DEGROOT\u003c\/strong\u003e, on \"A Pinch of Tarragon\")\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEARLY REVIEWS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Paris speaks to her each of her lovers with a different voice meant just for them.. Now in this rich compendium of stories, we get touching glimpses of those voices, one by one, reminding us that Paris remains true to herself\" . --\u003cstrong\u003eFrances Gendlin, author of \u003cem\u003eParis, Moi and the Gang\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Funny or wrenching, get ready to be moved by this literary feast\" - \u003cstrong\u003eLizzie Harwood, Paris writer and editor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Summertime Publications Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47013825413360,"sku":"9780982369852","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780982369852_p0.jpg?v=1763883981","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780982369852","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}