LES PARISIENNES: HOW THE WOMEN OF PARIS LIVED, LOVED AND DIED IN THE 1940S

Book ID/图书代码： 00200016B87576

English Summary/英文概要： What did it feel like to be a woman living in Paris during the years 1939-1949? These were years of fear, power, aggression, courage, deprivation and secrets, until - finally - renewal and retribution came. Even at the darkest moments, dogs and cats might be abandoned howling on the street, the swastika fly from the Eiffel Tower and danger lurk on every corner, but glamour was ever present. French women wore lipstick. Why?

By looking at a wide range of individuals from collaborators to resisters, actresses and prostitutes to teachers and writers, native Parisian women and those living in Paris temporarily including American women and Nazi wives, muses and mothers, housewives and mistresses, fashion and jewellery designers, nurses, journalists and spies, Anne Sebba reveals truths about basic human instincts and desires. It was women more than men who came face-to-face with the German conquerors on a daily basis as waitresses, shop assistants, prostitutes or merely on the Metro where a German soldier had priority over seats. Parisian women, mostly, did whatever they needed to do to survive. Many of them faced life-and-death decisions every day.

But this is not just a book about war. Les Parisiennes is a book about the effects of war and, for those who survived, how they came to terms with their own behaviour and that of others. The second half of the decade can only be understood by examining the catastrophic shock of the first. Although politics lies at its heart, Les Parisiennes is an account of the lives of the people of the city and specifically, in this most feminine of cities, about its women and young girls - including thousands who grew up fatherless.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在1939年至1949年间生活在巴黎的女性是什么样的？这是关于恐惧、力量、抱负、勇气、剥夺和秘密的年代，直到最后迎来了更新和复仇。而即使在最黑暗的时期，巴黎女人也不会放弃优雅地展现自己。巴黎女人都涂口红。为什么呢？

本书作者通过对各行各业的女性个体（合作者、抵抗者、演员、妓女、教师、作家、土生土长的巴黎女人和暂居巴黎的女人、包括美国女人、纳粹军人的妻子、母亲、家庭主妇、情妇、时尚及珠宝设计师、记者、间谍等）的研究，揭示出人类本能和欲望的真相。当时，与入侵的德国士兵在日常生活中正面打交道的更多的是女性。而大部分巴黎女人都竭尽所能地为了生存。她们中的许多人每天都面临着生与死的抉择。

但这不仅是一部关于战争的作品，也是一部关于战争影响的书，关于那些幸存下来的人，以及他们是如何调节自己与他人的行为的。这十年的后五年只有通过分析前五年的灾难性影响才能理解。尽管作品的核心还是政治问题，但本书也记录了巴黎人民的生活，尤其是女性和年轻女孩的生活，包括数以千计在没有父爱的环境中成长起来的女性。(LYR)

Awards/获奖情况：LES PARISIENNES by Anne Sebba – excellent early review in the Spectator (attached) – will be published in the UK tomorrow!

‘This is a fascinating book I couldn’t stop reading. Anna Sebba knows everything about Paris during the war and she relates in Les Parisiennes: How the Women of Paris Lived, Loved and Died Under Nazi Occupation the end of all the whispered stories I’ve been hearing all my life. She understands everything about the chic, loathsome collaborators and the Holocaust victims, and their stories are told in an irresistible narrative flood’ - Edmund White

’Wonderfully researched, this is an important retelling of Les Annees Noires in Paris which puts women’s stories, and the complications of their lives under Occupation, centre stage. Sebba reminds us that we should listen and put ourselves in their shoes, before leaping immediately to judgement, and backs this up with testimonies from many women whose voices have remained unheard.’ - Kate Mosse, Author of Labyrinth and Citadel

‘ [A] richly intelligent history’ – TLS

‘To read this book is to admire female bravery and resilience, but also to understand why the scars left by the Second World War still run so deep.’ – Daisy Goodwin, The Times

‘Anne Sebba has the nearly miraculous gift of combining the vivid intimacy of the lives of women during The Occupation with the history of the time. This is a remarkable book.’ – Edmund de Waal

‘Anne Sebba’s fascinating and beautifully written study gives voice to a myriad of narratives belonging to the Parisian women who resisted, collaborated, flourished, suffered, died or survived through a mixture of defiance or compromise.’ – Spectator

‘Enthralling’ – the Guardian

About the Author/作者介绍： Anne Sebba，知名作家，著有9部非虚构类作品，大部分是特定历史背景下的著名女性的传记。

Anne Sebba is the acclaimed author of nine non-fiction books, mostly biographies of iconic women with a strong historical context.

Format:照片

Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE(到期可授)

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Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：Rights sold: French - Vuibert

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