I love discovering literary places where writers have worked and places that have found their way into books … in English or French.
Do you know any places that appear in novels? Tell me about them, please …
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In early September 2019, I stayed at 16, rue Cujas when it was still the Hôtel des 3 Collèges. Arthur Rimbaud was living in a room here in June 1872, then Rimbaud’s friend, the poet, Raoul Ponchon lived here in 1937. Miklós Radnóti stayed in the summers of ‘37 and ‘39, mentioning the sloping street Cujas in his verse, ‘Paris’. In 1956 to ‘57, Gabriel García Márquez used it as his writing base for his novels, No One Writes to the Colonel and In Evil Hour.
So, when Patrick Modiano includes a café at 22, rue Cujas in his novel, Du plus loin de l’oubli (1995) [Out of the Dark, 1998] it makes this section of the street a focal point for literary tourism. This part of rue Cujas meets « Boul’Mich’ » making it very visible as you walk down (northwards) to the Place de la Sorbonne.
Currently both my hotel and the double fronted site of number 22 are unused. Number 22 was The Mad Maker Pub for a while, let’s hope that when new tenants refurbish the space they include some clues for Modiano fans arriving from around the world.
Please leave a comment if you hear of either the hotel or the café-pub re-opening
https://maps.app.goo.gl/2dzRQRc9JyxaVggc9?g_st=icGoogle Maps link
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Excellent idea @DrCharlesMansfield
@curatorofmemory has written an entire series of posts on Florence that appear in books.
Here’s part 6L
https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t/dan-browns-inferno-trail-florence-part-6/486086
The other episodes can be accessed from his profile page.
Can you also include the Google Maps link to the place of your book?
Connect platform is deeply rooted in Google Maps.
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Thank you for responding. I’ve added the link Link to place in Google Maps
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