Paris, he said

a novel

324 pages

English language

Published March 14, 2015

ISBN:
978-1-62040-692-2
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OCLC Number:
894816375

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3 stars (1 review)

"Jayne Marcus feels directionless and is struggling to pay her bills in Manhattan when she is given the opportunity to move to Paris with her wealthy lover and benefactor, Laurent Moller, who owns and operates two art galleries, one in New York, the other in Paris. He offers her the time and financial support she needs to begin her career as a painter and also challenges her to see who and what she will become if she meets her artistic potential. Laurent, however, seems to have other women in his life and Jayne, too, has an ex-boyfriend, much closer to her own age, for whom she still has feelings. Bringing Paris gloriously to life, Paris, He Said is a novel about desire, beauty and its appreciation, and of finding yourself presented with the things you believe you've always wanted, only to wonder where true happiness lies"--

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3 stars

Unlike Little Know Facts and Portraits of the Few People I've Made Cry, which I enjoyed thoroughly, Christine Sneed's latest work was a different story. The descriptions and experimental point-of-view changes were as spot on as ever, but the narrative did not draw me in nor intrigue me enough to keep going. The vivid details, while brilliantly done and similar to a travel memoir, took me away from what was going on between Jayne and Laurent, although this was not the case in the beginning.

There was also quite a bit of lecture on French culture, which I both liked and disliked. Same reasons as the descriptions.

Those who are more familiar with romance novels, or more literary ones will figure out what I missed out reading this. In all honesty, I wanted to enjoy this one more.

Subjects

  • Literary
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Women painters
  • Fiction
  • May-December romances
  • Commercial Art galleries
  • FICTION

Places

  • Paris
  • Paris (France)
  • France