{"product_id":"9781445655871-paris-postcards","title":"Paris Postcards","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Golden Age\u003cbr\u003eA unique slice of life in the Golden Age of Paris, the City of Light, in this illuminating volume of collected postcards.\u003cbr\u003eThis collection of postcards provides a window into a world now lost forever: Paris in its golden age. Leonard Pitt’s selection offers a stimulating view of an era in which both Paris and the ‘carte postale’ were in vogue. Pitt’s choice of medium introduces the reader to a rich and alive social world, in which, during the early years of the twentieth century, over one million postcards were produced and exchanged a day.Exchanges range from the passing romances of Parisian street-vendors through to the lovesick expat writing to his sweetheart back home: revel and be transported by this exciting mix of landmark and anecdote, the glorious and elegant commingling with the quaint and nostalgic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57535886492022,"sku":"9781445655871","price":17.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_36642107.jpg?v=1774283418","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781445655871-paris-postcards","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}