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An American Library in Paris "Coups de Coeur" Selection A Los Angeles Times Bestseller "Elaine Sciolino is a graceful, companionable writer. ... [She] has laid one more beautiful and amusing wreath on the altar of the City of Light." -- Edmund White, New York TimesBlending memoir, travelogue, and history, The Seine is a love letter to Paris and the river that determined its destiny. Master storyteller and longtime New York Times foreign correspondent Elaine Sciolino explores the Seine through its lively characters -- a bargewoman, a riverbank bookseller, a houseboat dweller, a famous cinematographer -- and follows it from the remote plateaus of Burgundy through Paris and to the sea. The Seine is a vivid, enchanting portrait of the worlds most irresistible river.
About the Author
Elaine Sciolino is the author of five books of nonfiction, including the New York Times bestseller The Only Street in Paris and La Seduction: How the French Play the Game of Life. She is a contributing writer and former Paris bureau chief for the New York Times and has worked as a foreign correspondent in countries around the world. In 2010, she was decorated as a chevalier of the Legion of Honor, the highest distinction of the French state, for her "special contribution" to the friendship between France and the United States. She and her husband have lived in Paris since 2002. www.elainesciolino.comwww.facebook.com/theriverthatmadepariswww.instagram.com/elainesciolino/
