Table of Contents
Foreword Martin Scorsese 1
Introduction: The Chameleon on Plaid 3
Part I Renoir in History: September 15,1894-December 31,1940
Chapter 1 The Invention of Renoir 17
Chapter 2 "Other Dogs to Sniff" 32
Chapter 3 Before He Became Renoir 48
Chapter 4 "A Kraut Movie" 66
Chapter 5 Poaching 77
Chapter 6 Soup and Grub 92
Chapter 7 Chamber Pots 104
Chapter 8 Pitiless 113
Chapter 8 Fog and Shadow 129
Chapter 10 Boudu Priapus Simon 137
Chapter 11 Adaptations 152
Chapter 12 Primitive 172
Chapter 13 In the Courtyard 194
Chapter 14 Fellow Traveler 210
Chapter 15 "Every Night I Remember" 224
Chapter 16 The Russian Way 241
Chapter 17 Between Two Wars 257
Chapter 18 "People We'd Like to Be Friends With" 289
Chapter 19 "Le P'tit Coeur de Ninon" 317
Chapter 20 Octave or Losing Balance 346
Chapter 21 Tosca and II Duce 370
Chapter 22 All at Sea 396
Part II The Legend: January 1, 1941-February 12, 1979
Chapter 23 A New World 426
Chapter 24 California Jean 451
Chapter 25 This Land is Mine 488
Chapter 26 Endgame 512
Chapter 27 Between Two Worlds 533
Chapter 28 "A Story about Children in the Indies" 566
Chapter 29 "I'm Bored without You" 591
Chapter 30 Suite Française 622
Chapter 31 Kicked in the Head 666
Chapter 32 "St Won't Be Made, It Won't Be Made" 704
Chapter 33 "I've Become a Museum Piece" 731
Chapter 34 Big "Snowflasks" Are Falling 775
Notes 801
Films 866
Plays 894
Bibliography 897
Index 906
Acknowledgments 927
