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A Waiter in Paris: Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City

內容簡介

內容簡介 Edward Chisholm所寫的回憶錄引人入勝，講述他身為巴黎侍者的時光，帶領讀者探索這世界上最具標誌性的城市之一。他生活在一個工作時間不人道、無法入眠和充斥廉假酒吧的世界裡，靠著咖啡、麵包和香煙勉強糊口，通常在虐待狂的經理手下工作，工資不高以至於你要和同事爭著要小費。同事包括小偷、自戀者、退伍軍人、移民、無名演員和毒販——他們是你最親近的人。侍者對體力要求很高，經常讓人感到羞辱而且競爭激烈，但沒關係，因為身在宇宙的中心巴黎，你不會願意離它而去。Edward Chisholm’s spellbinding memoir of his time as a Parisian waiter is the perfect summer read. It takes you below the surface of one of the most iconic cities in the world and right into its glorious underbelly.He inhabits a world of inhuman hours, snatched sleep and dive bars; scraping by on coffee, bread and cigarettes, often under sadistic managers, with a wage so low you’re fighting your colleagues for tips. Colleagues - including thieves, narcissists, ex-Legionnaires, paperless immigrants, wannabe actors and drug dealers - who are the closest thing to family that you’ve got.It’s physically demanding, frequently humiliating and incredibly competitive. But it doesn’t matter because you’re in Paris, the centre of the universe, and there’s nowhere else you’d rather be in the world.

作者介紹

作者介紹 Edward ChisholmEdward Chisholm was born in Dorset, England, and moved to Paris in 2012 after graduating from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London.A resident there for seven years, Chisholm spent the first four of them working all manner of low-paid jobs, from waiting and bar work to museum security and market hand, while trying to build a career as a writer.Now, Chisholm makes a living as a copywriter pen for hire, with ambitions of writing novels. His work has appeared in The New York Times, the Guardian and the Financial Times magazine.

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