Title : Chronicles of Billancourt - Nina Berberova - book
Summary :
Billancourt is not Paris. Billancourt is unique in the world. !.. The Place Nationale and the kingdom of ''Moussiou Renault'' are at its center. A vast Babel where thousands of workers pour out, mostly Russian in this year 1925 and former officers of the White Army. As soon as the factory siren is heard wailing, the men crowd between two metal carts and a carousel of foundries... but only the romance of yesteryear matters and, in the bistros, people nibble on herring while sipping vodka. Cabbage pie is a hit as are stuffed peppers... Because on the Seine front, Billancourt is dusty, ugly. When you approach Rue Traversière and the Hôtel Caprice, it's a cabaret atmosphere....Violins and gypsy choirs, Circassians with wasp waists and wild rhythms that warm the choir of exiles....
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EAN: 9782277240761
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