01865cam a2200325 i 4500 354527669 TxAuBib 20180913120000.0 180602s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018004651 9781538112373 29.95 153811237X 29.95 eng rda TxAuBib rda McAuliffe, Mary Sperling, 1943- Paris on the brink [BOOK] : the 1930s Paris of Jean Renoir, Salvador Dalí, Simone de Beauvoir, André Gide, Sylvia Beach, Léon Blum, and their friends / Mary McAuliffe. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018] xii, 359 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. End of an era (1929) -- Rags and riches (1929) -- It could never happen here (1930) -- The ooh la la factor (1930) -- Navigating a dangerous world (1931-1932) -- Taking sides (1933) -- Bloody Tuesday (1934) -- Sailing, sailing (1935) -- Coming apart (1936) -- War in Spain (1936) -- End of the dream (1937) -- In war's shadow (1938) -- Dancing on a volcano (1939) -- Closing the circle (1940). "Vividly portrays the City of Light during the tumultuous 1930s. The decade was marked by violence at home and the rise of Hitler abroad, even as glamour prevailed in fashion and Surrealism sparked new forms of artistic creativity"-- Provided by publisher. 20180913. Artists France Paris Biography. Intellectuals France Paris Biography. Nineteen thirties. Biographies. Paris (France) Civilization 20th century.