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Written mainly during the 1940s, Paris Noir reveals some of the darker quarters of Paris on the Left Bank, centered on the Place Mauberge and Rue Mouffetard. At the time of the Occupation and just afterwards Yonnet describes Paris between the wars -- well known from film noir -- but now disappeared. Yonnet concentrates on the people, rather than places, a mixture of ordinary workers, tradesmen, artists, con-men and criminals. He invests the area with a sense of mystery, including occasional supernatural events. It is extremely well-written, often using the language and sang of the locals. For Dedalus it is the perfect counterfoil for J.K.Huysmans Parisian Sketches (2005), which showed the darker side of Paris pre Haussmans grand boulevards. Cover picture by famous French photographer Robert Doisneau. Available for the first time in English

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Jacques Yonnet

Paris Noir
The Secret History of a City

translated with an introduction and notes by Christine Donougher

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Published in the UK by Dedalus Limited, 24-26, St Judiths Lane, Sawtry, Cambs, PE28 5XE

Email: info@ dedalusbooks.com

www.dedalusbooks.com

ISBN printed book 978 1 903517 48 2

ISBN e-book 978 1 907650 36 9

Dedalus is distributed in the USA and Canada by SCB Distributors, 15608 South New Century Drive, Gardena, CA 90248

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Publishing History

First published in France in 1954

First published by Dedalus in 2006, reprinted in 2009

First e-book edition 2011

Rue des Malfices copyright Editions Phbus, Paris 1987

Introduction, notes and translation copyright Christine Donougher 2006

The right of the estate of Jacques Yonnet to be identified as the copyright holder and Christine Donougher to be identified as the translator of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Design and Patent Act, 1988

Printed in Finland by WS.Bookwell

Typeset by Refine Catch Ltd, Bungay, Suffolk

This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publishers prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

A C.I.P. listing for this book is available on request.

THE TRANSLATOR

Christine Donoughers translation of The Book of Nights won the 1992 Scott Moncrieff Translation Prize.

Her translations from French for Dedalus are: 6 novels by Sylvie Germain The Book of NightsNight of AmberDays of AngerThe Book of TobiasInvitation to a Journey and The Song of False LoversEnigma by Rezvani The Experience of the Night by Marcel Balu Le Calvaire by Octave Mirbeau Tales from the Saragossa Manuscript by Jan Potocki The Land of Darkness by Daniel Arsand and Paris Noir by Jacques Yonnet.

Her translation from Italian for Dedalus are Senso (and other stories) by Camillo Boito Sparrow and Temptation (and other stories) by Giovanni Verga.

Christine Donougher is currently translating Magnus by Sylvie Germain for Dedalus.

French Literature from Dedalus

French Language Literature in translation is an important part of Dedaluss list with French being the language par excellence of literary fantasy.

The Land of Darkness Daniel Arsand 8.99

Sraphita Balzac 6.99

The Quest of the Absolute Balzac 6.99

The Experience of the Night Marcel Balu 8.99

Episodes of Vathek Beckford 6.99

The Devil in Love Jacques Cazotte 5.99

Les Diaboliques Barbey DAurevilly 7.99

Milagrosa Mercedes Deambrosis 8.99

An Afternoon with Rock Hudson Mercedes Deambrosis 6.99

The Man in Flames Serge Filippini 10.99

Spirite (and Coffee Pot) Thophile Gautier 6.99

Angels of Perversity Rmy de Gourmont 6.99

The Book of Nights Sylvie Germain 8.99

The Book of Tobias Sylvie Germain 7.99

Night of Amber Sylvie Germain 8.99

Days of Anger Sylvie Germain 8.99

The Medusa Child Sylvie Germain 8.99

The Weeping Woman Sylvie Germain 6.99

Infinite Possibilities Sylvie Germain 8.99

Invitation to a Journey Sylvie Germain 7.99

The Song of False Lovers Sylvie Germain 8.99

Parisian Sketches J.K. Huysmans 6.99

Marthe J.K. Huysmans 6.99

L-Bas J.K. Huysmans 8.99

En Route J.K. Huysmans 7.99

The Cathedral J.K. Huysmans 7.99

The Oblate of St Benedict J.K. Huysmans 7.99

Lobster Guillaume Lecasble 6.99

The Mystery of the Yellow Room Gaston Leroux 7.99

The Perfume of the Lady in Black Gaston Leroux 8.99

Monsieur de Phocas Jean Lorrain 8.99

The Woman and the Puppet Pierre l ous 6.99

Portrait of an Englishman in his Chateau Pieyre de Mandiargues 7.99

Abb Jules Octave Mirbeau 8.99

Le Calvaire Octave Mirbeau 7.99

The Diary of a Chambermaid Octave Mirbeau 7.99

Sbastien Roch Octave Mirbeau 9.99

Torture Garden Octave Mirbeau 7.99

Smarra & Trilby Charles Nodier 6.99

Manon Lescaut Abb Prvost 7.99

Tales from the Saragossa Manuscript Jan Potocki 5.99

Monsieur Venus Rachilde 6.99

The Marquise de Sade Rachilde 8.99

Enigma Rezvani 8.99

Paris Noir Jacques Yonnet 9.99

Micromegas Voltaire 4.95

Anthologies featuring French Literature in translation:

The Dedalus Book of French Horror: the 19c ed T. Hale 9.99

The Dedalus Book of Decadence ed Brian Stableford 7.99

The Dedalus Book of Surrealism ed Michael Richardson 9.99

Myth of the World: Surrealism 2 ed Michael Richardson 9.99

The Dedalus Book of Medieval Literature ed Brian Murdoch 9.99

The Dedalus Book of Sexual Ambiguity ed Emma Wilson 8.99

The Decadent Cookbook Medlar Lucan & Durian Gray 9.99

The Decadent Gardener Medlar Lucan & Durian Gray 9.99

Contents

The Watchmaker of Backward-Running Time

The Man Who Repented of Betraying a Secret

The Shipwreckage Doll

Your Bodys Tattooed

Enemy Tattoos

The House That No Longer Exists

Alfophonses Moniker

The Sorry Tale of Thophile Trigou

The Ill-Fated Knees

The Old Man Who Appears After Midnight

The Ill-Fated Knees

Mina the Cat

Keep-on-Dancin

St Patre

The Bohemians and Paris

Zoltan the Mastermind

The Old Man Who Appears After Midnight

Chapter VIII

Rue des Malfices

The Sleeper on the Pont-au-Double

Keep-on-Dancin

The Sleeper on the Pont-au-Double

The Sleeper on the Pont-au-Double

Marionettes and Magic Spells

The Old Man Who Appears After Midnight

Zoltan the Mastermind

The Old Man Who Appears After Midnight

On the Art of Accommodating the Dead

Keep-on-Dancin

Zoltan the Mastermind

The Gypsies of Paris

The St-Mdard Concessions

The Gypsies of Paris

Keep-on-Dancin

The Shipwreckage Doll

Rue des Malfices

Translators Introduction

First issued in 1954 under the publishers choice of title Enchantements sur Paris (Paris Spellbound) reissued in accordance the authors wishes as Rue des Malfices (Witchcraft Street) Jacques Yonnets only published book fits into no single category. Personal diary memoir of some of the darkest hours in a nations history guide to a citys lower depths ethnographical study of an urban population that no longer exists or has been driven elsewhere record of a number of paranormal incidents and experiences

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