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- catalog abstract "In April of 1931 many American expatriates were leaving Paris because of the Depression that followed the stock market crash of 1929. A gifted but naive young couple, James and Dorothy Farrell, moved against the current. The young writer, who had not yet established himself, and his eager wife, who had some modest support from her family, bought train tickets out of Chicago and steamboat tickets out of New York to follow a dream of personal and artistic freedom. Edgar Marquess Branch, who grew up near Studs Lonigan's Chicago neighborhood, has used interviews, diaries, and letters from Farrell and others to bring to life this formative year of the young author and his wife. Their Paris story is embedded in the lives of other expatriates like Ezra Pound and Kay Boyle, who also were defining their times. Branch's narrative is complemented by photos of persons and places interwoven with the personal and artistic growth for the young Farrells. The Paris sojourn influenced the rest of their lives and the writing of Young Lonigan and Gas-House McGinty, and it altered the face of American literature.".
- catalog contributor b10944924.
- catalog contributor b10944925.
- catalog contributor b10944926.
- catalog coverage "Paris (France) Intellectual life 20th century.".
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description "In April of 1931 many American expatriates were leaving Paris because of the Depression that followed the stock market crash of 1929. A gifted but naive young couple, James and Dorothy Farrell, moved against the current. The young writer, who had not yet established himself, and his eager wife, who had some modest support from her family, bought train tickets out of Chicago and steamboat tickets out of New York to follow a dream of personal and artistic freedom. Edgar Marquess Branch, who grew up near Studs Lonigan's Chicago neighborhood, has used interviews, diaries, and letters from Farrell and others to bring to life this formative year of the young author and his wife. Their Paris story is embedded in the lives of other expatriates like Ezra Pound and Kay Boyle, who also were defining their times. Branch's narrative is complemented by photos of persons and places interwoven with the personal and artistic growth for the young Farrells. The Paris sojourn influenced the rest of their lives and the writing of Young Lonigan and Gas-House McGinty, and it altered the face of American literature.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 219 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Paris year.".
- catalog identifier "0821412361 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Paris year.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press,".
- catalog relation "Paris year.".
- catalog spatial "France Paris".
- catalog spatial "Paris (France) Intellectual life 20th century.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "818/.5203 B 21".
- catalog subject "Americans France Paris History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Authors' spouses United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Farrell, Dorothy.".
- catalog subject "Farrell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979 Homes and haunts France Paris.".
- catalog subject "Farrell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979 Marriage.".
- catalog subject "Married people France Paris Biography.".
- catalog subject "Novelists, American 20th century Biography.".
- catalog subject "PS3511.A738 Z635 1998".
- catalog title "A Paris year : Dorothy and James T. Farrell, 1931-1932 / Edgar Marquess Branch.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".