‘City of singles’: cosmopolitan prewar Paris’s ‘crazy years’ brought to life
Database of 8m handwritten census entries paints portrait of city that was hub for intellectuals, artists and young, single peopleIn 1926, James Joyce was working on his novel Finnegans Wake while living in a spacious apartment in the 7th arrondissement of Paris with his partner, Nora Barnacle, and...
25/07/2025 08:29
The Guardian