"Cross-Country / A Memoir of France" (Archives)
By
Paul Ben-Itzak
Paul Ben-Itzak lived in Paris and the south of France from 2000 to 2010 before returning to the United States. This is the saga of his exchanges and experiences, epiphanies and regrets, as well as the story of a man and his three bilingual cats. Chapters of "Cross-Country / A Memoir of France" are indexed below in the chronological order in which they have been published. Access to the first 14 chapters of 'Cross-Country' is free. To read chapters 15 and on, you must be a subscriber. Subscriptions to the Dance Insider & Arts Voyager are just $29.95/year, and also include full access to all new articles and archived
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1: Past as Prelude
2: The Girl in the Green Dress
3: The Ghosts of the Square Albin Cachot
4: C'est tout tout?
5: The Return of the Girl in the Green Dress; Chez moi chez Baudelaire & Yeats
6: Paul au Pays des Morts-vivants
7: Les compagnons de la route
8: Lost in Translation
9: La Gamine de Montmartre
10: In Montparnasse with Fitzgerald, Hemingway, and Amelie
11: Fool for love
12: Mon menage a moi
13: La merde qui tombe
14: A balcony on Paradis
15: Cherché la femme
16: Border crossings
17: Children of Paradise, Martyrs for Love
18: If the hat doesn't fit, comment trouvé l'amour?
19: Oui, je parle baguette
20: An American Protester in Paris
21: ... in which the Old Boy Network Finally Pays Off -- with a Paris Gal Pal
22: Le jour se leve