Manuscripts for sale

Authenticated original manuscripts and scraps of writings by the likes of Sartre, Kafka, Freud, Proust, Man Ray, Voltaire, Rimbaud and other luminaries for sale in a Left Bank shop.

Guimauves

Many local pastry shops make their own guimauves (marshmallows) from scratch.
These giant raspberry-flavored ones will disappear fast.

Night browser

A man browses through used books in bins outside a papeterie that's open late.

Stairway to...?

 

Up on the butte stairways lead to other stairways.

Above: graffiti lends a splash of color

Saucissons

A tempting array of ready-to-eat sausages hangs in a window.
In the background: reflection of a kiosk, a pharmacy, trees.

Dora

The bust of a young woman by Pablo Picasso represents Dora Maar, darling of the Left Bank literary and artistic set at the height of La Belle Époque.

After the rain

 

Locals in SoPi (South Pigalle) stop to pick up last minute supplies before heading home. The Basilica of Sacré Coeur overlooks emerging street scene.