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Named for the Argentinian singer (1907-1983), it is here on the quai Saint Bernard that tango dancers gather in the evening. They begin about 9:00pm, weather permitting. How could I not be inspired by the idea of people dancing the tango on the banks of the Seine?');
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15 rue d'Ulm. I visited this Eastern Orthodox Lebanese XChurch and set part of the novel there, as the Ferhat family church. It\'s a wonderful building with evocative portraits of the desert fathers and mothers. ');
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6th arrondissement. This brooding and contemplative fountain was one of my pilgrimage places in Paris.');
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Although it is not in the book it was one of my great, and frequent, Parisian indulgences. Downstairs is a tea shop, decorated as a colonial tea house, with thousands of tea choices, and surprisingly helpful sales people dressed in linen suits. Upstairs is the best tea-room in Paris.');
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True, the lady chapel is way over the top, but there\'s something magical about the place. A book fair occasionally sets up in the square and it is there I bought the photography book by Bill Burke, called Portraits, which is in the novel.');
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The little 13th century street is a lovely reminder of what Paris was before The Gap and Planet Hollywood moved in. ');
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8th arrondissement - surely the most beautiful bridge in Paris, and from there you can go down the stairs and stroll along the houseboats moored up on the Seine.');
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A miniature city of the dead. Debussy, the Guerlain family, Édouard Mant, Berthe Morisot, Louis Renault, Marcel Dassault, Tristan Bernard, Jean Patou, Giraudoux, Gabriel FaurÉ, are all buried here, but the highlight is the tomb of the Russian painter/poet described in the book. ');
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lived at 16 bis, rue de Passy for a few years, in the heart of what is known at the Passy Village, and spent any number of afternoons in the nearby cemetery - I am that kind of person.');
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If you like Lebanese food, you must visit the little neighborhood spot run by the Medawar family, La Pinède Restaurant at 10 rue Mignard. And please, remind me to Khahil and Joseph and their family. They were invaluable for not only their delicious and reviving food, but for the information they shared about Lebanon. ');
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65 boulevard de Clichy. 18th arrondissement. This chapel is mentioned in the book, and so I note it here. St. Rita is the patron saint of prostitutes. Henry Miller also frequented it. It is a place of simplicity and of desperation. Kindness and discretion are required. I don\'t think I need say more.');
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Like Belleville in the 20th arrondissement, this area is home to Paris\'s immigrants, and is the area where much of The Radiant City takes place. You will find the church St.-Bernard-de-la-Chapelle, which was occupied by illegal immigrants threatened with deportation, on rue St-Bruno.');
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The famous MarchÉ aux Puces is just on the far side of the 18th, outside the pÉripherique past the metro Porte de Clignancourt. It is worth an entire day just to browse up and down the streets. A flea-market city unto itself.');
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Villa des Tulipes is the street Anthony lived on. A tiny street near the metro Porte de Clignancourt, it is a window to a different, older sort of Paris. Utterly charming, and home of my friends Lisa Pasold, poet and her husband, Bremner Duthie, actor, singer and playwright.');
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