Take Me Back to Paris feat. Alex George, author of The Paris Hours
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Meet Alex George, author of The Paris Hours, a tour de force of a novel told over the course of one day in 1927 about four ordinary people whose stories are as extraordinary as the glorious city they inhabit.
Highlights:
- The genesis of The Paris Hours --Marcel Proust and his maid
- How is a writer like a magpie?
- Paris in the 1920s--incorporating the tapestry of history into a novel
- The roles played in the novel by a panoply of stars, including Josephine Baker, Maurice Ravel, Ernest Hemingway and many more.
- Reading from The Paris Hours
- The Unbound Book Festival
- What's the one thing that all authors must do?
Press Play now & be sure to check out The Paris Hours on Art In Fiction.
Alex George's website
Photo Credit: Anastasia Pottinger: Rogue Studios
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Music Credits
Intro: Paganology, performed by The Paul Plimley Trio; composed by Gregg Simpson
Ad: Celtic Calypso, performed by Lunar Adventures; composed by Gregg Simpson
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