Paris between the wars. The city. The arts. The movements. The literature. The left bank. The culture. The cocktail.
Stop right there.
This is about THE COCKTAIL.
Trust me…it’s deliciously autumnal (apple cider!), and it has panache. It does. – Sosanni
Paris between the wars. Les années folles, the crazy years, the roaring twenties – what a time to be alive. A time so dramatically informed by the horrors of WWI and its human and economic toll, and the unbridled joy felt over its end; the influence of the Avante Garde, Cubists and Dadaists with their antiwar, antilogic approach to the arts, the birth of surrealism; freedom in the looming shadow of the Treaty of Versailles and the uncertainty it evoked regarding the future of Europe and the prospect of another unimaginable war.
Binny’s Home Bartender: Paris Between the Wars
Art, literature, music, philosophy, food, drink, dancing, overindulgence – all the senses heightened by the adrenalin producing thrill of simply being alive during such a perilously uncertain era. Paris had it all and the desire to live to the fullest attracted intellectuals in every field and revelers of every stripe. Picasso, Ernst, Dalí, Magritte, Miró and Ray; Hemingway, Joyce, Gide, Cocteau and Proust (barely); Hot Jazz and Josephine Baker. They all descended upon the city of lights, if only to feel alive – but in living, created enduring works of art and a scene for the ages. And the drinking, oh the drinking!
Discover more from Erratica | Culture, Books, Art & Food
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
