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...