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Absolutely Revolting
Memoir

Left Bank Waltz: The Australian bookshop in Paris by Elaine Lewis

by Carol Middleton •
June-July 2006, no. 282

Left Bank Waltz: The Australian bookshop in Paris by Elaine Lewis

Vintage, $27.95 pb, 342 pp

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Elaine Lewis established and ran the Australian Bookshop in Paris from 1996 to 1998. It acted as an outlet in France for Australian books, a nexus for travelling Australian writers and a cultural hub in the Parisian arts scene. This is the story of the bookshop in its heyday, before Lewis returned to Australia and the bookshop retired to an online existence.

 


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Left Bank Waltz

Left Bank Waltz: The Australian bookshop in Paris by Elaine Lewis

Vintage, $27.95 pb, 342 pp

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.

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