That quintessential Parisian establishment, the sidewalk cafe, figures prominently in the city's cultural life. For centuries, native-born and expatriate writer

In The World of the Paris Café, W. Scott Haine investigates what the working-class café reveals about the formation of urban life in nineteenth-century France

This first book about the famous Select Cafe in Paris' richly illustrated with the faces of its patrons' gives a unique glimpse into the daily rhythm and social

By Georges Perec.

Acclaimed author Noël Riley Fitch, abetted by noted artist Rick Tulka, serves the dish on Select, the famous Montparnasse café that for nearly nine decades ha