Haussmann, or the Distinction: A Novel (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of Haussmann, or the Distinction: A Novel Tuesday, August 11 2009.

• Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann, who transformed Paris from a filthy and haphazard medieval city into the jewel of Europe, is rumored on his deathbed to have wished all his work undone. Why? The answer lies in the story of Madeleine, a foundling from the magical old world Haussmann destroyed; of de Fonce, a '"demolition man" who sold the rubble of Paris as antiques; and of a three-sided affair that reveals the moral bankruptcy of the city, a corruption hidden by the transformative work of its brilliant architect.

Shelfari edited the contributors of Haussmann, or the Distinction: A Novel Tuesday, August 11 2009.

• Added a contributor: Paul LaFarge: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of Haussmann, or the Distinction: A Novel Thursday, July 16 2009.

• THERE IS A STORY that Baron Haussmann, who rebuilt Paris in the middle of the last century, on his deathbed wished all his work undone.