Paris Vagabond with Zito Madu

Episode 5 July 09, 2025 01:08:32
Paris Vagabond with Zito Madu
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Paris Vagabond with Zito Madu

Jul 09 2025 | 01:08:32

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Show Notes

Writer Zito Madu joins us to discuss Jean-Paul Clébert's Paris Vagabond translated from French by Donald Nicholson-Smith. In a series of vignettes, the book explores life on the streets of the city in the years following WWII. We talk about Clébert's middle-class background, analyze the photographs taken by Patrice Molinard, and consider the romanticization of "vagabonds."

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