{"id":6607,"date":"2015-10-24T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-24T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=6607"},"modified":"2015-10-23T11:43:58","modified_gmt":"2015-10-23T16:43:58","slug":"750-years-in-paris-by-vincent-mahe-book-review-1-city-block-seen-over-8-centuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=6607","title":{"rendered":"750 Years in Paris, by Vincent Mah\u00e9 (book review) – 1 city block seen over 8 centuries"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"book<\/a>“If these walls could only talk…”
\nPeople change (or do they?) –
\nThe City of Light<\/a> remains, a beacon!<\/p>\n

Noted magazine illustrator Mah\u00e9 has distilled centuries of French history<\/a> into this wordless graphic novel, detailing the changes in a single block of buildings through good times and bad from 1270 to recent times.<\/p>\n

Ask for this October 2015 release at your local library<\/a> or independent bookstore<\/a> or favorite comics shop<\/a>, and enjoy his full-length publishing debut with all its verve and humorous\/tense details.<\/p>\n

What changes have you seen in your own town’s buildings over the years?
\n**kmm<\/p>\n

Book info<\/strong>:\u00a0750 Years in Paris \/ Vincent Mah\u00e9. Nobrow Books, 2015. [author’s Facebook page<\/a>]\u00a0 [publisher site<\/a>]\u00a0\u00a0 Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n

My book talk<\/strong>: Buildings rise and fall, as history’s parade of changes affects a single street in Paris over the centuries, as seen by a French illustrator with an eye for fascinating details.<\/p>\n

Vincent Mah\u00e9 four-color palette ably depicts military victories and invasions, celebrates society’s modernizations, and portrays the City of Light’s evolution from dirt-street hamlet to vibrant metropolis, all from the perspective of one short city block’s buildings.<\/p>\n

As its narrow lens helps readers focus on history’s broad sweep, 750 Years in Paris<\/em> uses human-scale details to wordlessly convey the gradual or abrupt changes that this single location has seen since the 13th century.<\/p>\n

A timeline at the end of the book notes each of the 60 time-snapshots portrayed and what memorable event merited their inclusion. Enjoyable for all readers of all ages – especially good for fans of history, graphic design, and hidden pictures! (One of 8,000 books recommended on www.abookandahug.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“If these walls could only talk…” People change (or do they?) – The City of Light remains, a beacon! Noted magazine illustrator Mah\u00e9 has distilled centuries of French history into this wordless graphic novel, detailing the changes in a single block of buildings through good times and bad from 1270 to recent times. Ask for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,50,23],"tags":[271,22,20,5,120,49,111,31,270,35,33],"class_list":["post-6607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-graphic-novel","category-historical","category-nonfiction","tag-architecture","tag-behavior","tag-conflict","tag-coping","tag-france","tag-memories","tag-non-us-artist","tag-non-us-author","tag-paris","tag-surprises","tag-survival"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6607"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6743,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6607\/revisions\/6743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}