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Taxi Tales from Paris
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Paris Taxi Tales From Paris is not your typical account of what happens when you move to another country. Nicky Gentil’s memoir offers the reader a truly original insight into life in the French capital because, as the title suggests, everything is seen through the prism of her most memorable taxi rides taken during the thirty years she has lived there.
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Hugely entertaining, with some delightful comic touches, Gentil’s tales cover a wide variety of subjects such as her love of her adoptive country, the cultural differences she frequently encounters, the joys of parenthood, or indeed her ever-present passion for jazz, to quote but a few examples. By the end of this book, as with any memoir set in the City of Light, you will immediately want to leap on board the next Eurostar going but, on this occasion, with one very specific aim in mind: to jump – upon arriving in Paris – into the very first taxi you see!
It’s amazing what you can find out in a taxi! Nicky Gentil was inspired to write this selection of short stories through her ver personal and funny encounters in Frech cabs.She also recommends Adam Gopnick’s essays Paris To the Moon for an indispensable guide to the city. She found out about it during a taxi journey which is very apt!
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Destination/location: Paris Author/guide: Nicky Gentil Departure Time: 2000s
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