Harnessing the romance of the world of fashion and high art, this fascinating story of a collection of miniature mannequins describes the birth of Théâtre de la Mode, the Theater of Fashion. Full of stars such as Robert Ricci (Nina Ricci's son), filmmaker Jean Cocteau, and other members of the 194[...]

Albert Camus spent the spring of 1946 in New York. His popularity in his native France was assured, yet here in New York he was known only to a small circle of writers and students. The Stranger, his first influential novel, was to be published in English for the first time during this visit. He [...]