{"product_id":"paris-noir-the-suburbs-akashic-noir-series","title":"Paris Noir: the Suburbs Akashic Noir Series","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Herve Delouche\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTitle:\u003c\/b\u003e Paris Noir: the Suburbs Akashic Noir Series\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2022-02\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eFollowing the success of \u003ci\u003eParis Noir\u003c\/i\u003e, the Akashic Noir Series has expanded to include the famously diverse and sometimes controversial suburbs of this legendary city.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A treasure chest of resources for any noir author seeking a more gruesome approach or a more relentless destruction of the soul. One might hope the real Paris suburbs are not so dark and blood drenched. But by the end of the collection, that hope seems almost foolish, and the body found on the quay seems to be the lucky guy in the story.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003ci\u003eNew York Journal of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The short stories center on the suburbs of Paris, fertile soil for all sorts of resentment and violence. . . .For lovers of crime noir short fiction, these are 12 stories of life lived in the raw.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Dark tales shine a bright light on some little-seen parts of greater Paris.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Paris's suburbs--a mix of slums, posh neighborhoods, fading industrial centers, and the city's notorious housing projects that lie out of the sight of most tourists--provide the setting for [these] 13 tales.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFeaturing brand-new stories by: Cloe Mehdi, Karim Madani, Insa Sane, Christian Roux, Marc Villard, Jean-Pierre Rumeau, Timothee Demeillers, Rachid Santaki, Marc Fernandez, Guillaume Balsamo, Anne Secret, Anne-Sylvie Salzman, and Patrick Pecherot. (All stories were written in French and translated into English by Katie Shireen Assef, David Ball, Nicole Ball, and Paul Curtis Daw.)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom the introduction by Herve Delouche:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe term Greater Paris is in vogue today, for it has an administrative cachet and seems to denote a simple extension of the capital--as if a ravenous Paris need only extend her web. However, it was not our goal to embrace the tenets of the metro area's comprehensive plan, aka the \u003c\/i\u003eGrand Projet\u003ci\u003e, envisioned as a future El Dorado by the planners and developers. Rather, our aim was to depict the Parisian suburbs in all their plurality and diversity. Without pretending to encompass every spot on the map, we instead opted to give voice and exposure to the localities chosen by the writers who have been part of this adventure. Thus, we decided to adopt the word \"suburbs\"-- in the plural, obviously, for the periphery of the capital is not a homogeneous bloc, nor is it reducible to a cliche like \"the suburban ring\" . . . Here are thirteen stories, decidedly noir, to be savored without sugar or sweetener.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781636140773\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e Height: 8.5 Inches, Length: 5.5 Inches, Weight: 1.08 Pounds, Width: 0.75 Inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e en\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hervé Delouche","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53801802662195,"sku":"9781636140773","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0949\/3636\/7411\/files\/14569433482770.jpg?v=1785981157","url":"https:\/\/bookabaloo.com\/products\/paris-noir-the-suburbs-akashic-noir-series","provider":"Bookabaloo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}