In Quest of the Absolute
3 Stories of Americans in France
1600-1950
Roy Lisker, 1968;1972;1990
Transience
Two American expatriates in Paris, one an exchange student in flight from an art school in Norway, the other an impoverished middle-aged writer, meet briefly over dinner in a Greek restaurant on the rue de la Huchette in the Latin Quarter. They never meet again save through indirect involvement in a personal tragedy
In Quest of the Absolute
A successful ballerina and modern dancer in New York pursues a secondary career as a prostitute on 42nd Street. Her two professions catch up with her at the Avignon Dance Festival of 1988
Transience
Two American expatriates in Paris, one an exchange student in flight from an art school in Norway, the other an impoverished middle-aged writer, meet briefly over dinner in a Greek restaurant on the rue de la Huchette in the Latin Quarter. They never meet again save through indirect involvement in a personal tragedy
In Quest of the Absolute
A successful ballerina and modern dancer in New York pursues a secondary career as a prostitute on 42nd Street. Her two professions catch up with her at the Avignon Dance Festival of 1988Despair
A despondent young man from San Francisco comes to Paris with the hope that it may give him some purpose in life. Apart from finding a rich girl-friend, his life of sleeping and drinking changes little. A parable for those who seek quick solutions to spiritual dilemmas.
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