{"product_id":"parisian-days-pushkin-press-classics","title":"Parisian Days","description":"\u003cp\u003eTold with vivacious wit and a lust for life, \u003cem\u003eParisian Days\u003c\/em\u003e is a bittersweet portrayal of youthful dreams, and the elusive search for happiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Orient Express hurtles towards the promised land, and Banine is free for the first time in her life. She has fled her ruined homeland and unhappy forced marriage for a dazzling new future in Paris. Now she cuts her hair, wears short skirts, mingles with Russian émigrés, Spanish artists, writers and bohemians in the 1920's beau monde - and even contemplates love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut soon she finds that freedom brings its own complications. As her family's money runs out, she becomes a fashion model to survive. And when a glamorous figure from her past returns, life is thrown further into doubt. Banine has always been swept along by the forces of history. Can she keep up with them now?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart memoir, part social history, \u003cem\u003eParisian Days\u003c\/em\u003e reads like a novel and feels timely and relevant. Originally published in the 1940s, this is the first English translation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Banine, Anne Thompson-Ahmadova","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45010568413231,"sku":"9781782278030","price":799.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/6428\/9071\/files\/9781782278030.jpg?v=1772720407","url":"https:\/\/lunabooks.in\/products\/parisian-days-pushkin-press-classics","provider":"Luna Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}