This Irish pub Finnegans Wake is at 9 rue des Boulangers, about 3 minutes' walk from the Jardin des Plantes, in Paris's Quartier Latin. I have often walked past it down the steep, narrow, cobbled old street, when I used to visit my father and on my way to the Jardin, and chuckled at the pub's name. Later, my father told me that the first place he lived with my mother was in a two-room tiny apartment above it, and that they were happy there. By one of those strange coincidences, I came across a cheap studio room available for holiday rentals directly opposite where they used to live, in 10-12, on the opposite side of the narrow street, also on the first floor. So I've rented it and will stay there one week on 7th August, to research for my novel and sixth collection.
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Congratulations on the grant Pascale - and good luck with the novel!
ReplyDeletecongrats on the grant Pascale and have fun with the research, it is sometimes the most exciting part of the process. xxx
ReplyDeleteDear Pascale! I can imagine the thoughts running down this street in your mind from this windowed view. My own Joyce coincidences cobblestone my life, and so I hear the uneven evocative percussion in all this. Wishing to meet you on one of your poetic crossings, here or there, dear friend, I hear your pages turn in the dark and bright chambered air. I'd love to be a Poet on Site with you there at Finnegan's Wake...
ReplyDeleteHello! Kathabella I remember all those Joyce books in your guest room. Kathleen and Malika, thank you! I decided not to stay in the studio opposite the pub because I realised that it's a noisy pub that is open until the early hours and the street is very narrow. I'll be staying in a fifth floor attic with a terrace in rue du Pot de Fer, which is nearby. No lift so will get exercised!
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