Haussmann, or the Distinction: A Novel

The acclaimed author delivers a stunning, imaginative novel about the great architect of Paris, "full of artful prose, wit, and provocative ideas" (The Philadelphia Inquirer).

A New York Times Notable Book

Winner of the Bay Area Book Reviewers' Award

Winner of a California Book Award

Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann, who demolished and rebuilt Paris in the middle of the nineteenth century, was the first urbanist of the modern era-and perhaps the greatest. He presided over two decades of riches, p...