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The Earful Tower: Paris

American Library in Paris

The Earful Tower: Paris

Oliver Gee

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, Arts

4.8794 Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2017

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

This week we head to the American Library in Paris to talk to Grant Rosenberg all about books, Paris, and working by the Eiffel Tower. 

And Corey Frye, tour guide extraordinaire, somehow ties it all together at the end with a Paris story related to libraries too!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Here, Fletower, listeners, this week you're going to hear me interviewing Grant Rosenberg from the American Library in Paris.

0:05.9

Now, it's right under, it's basically right under the Eiffel Tower.

0:09.0

So it's pretty cool to go down there and do a recording.

0:11.7

Well, obviously, in a library, so if our voices sound quiet, you can guess why.

0:16.2

But we have a big chat about books, loads of book recommendations in there,

0:20.0

and you'll find out a little bit

0:21.3

more about Paris and the American Library as well, and don't forget to hang around for a story

0:25.2

from Corey Fry, which is also somehow linked to libraries. Now, if you think I sound really sick now,

0:32.2

you'll have to forgive me for how sick I sound during the Corey story at the end, which was

0:35.6

recorded right in the height of my sickness.

0:40.4

So apologies in advance, but don't worry, I'm almost better.

0:41.4

Enjoy the show.

0:49.4

So, is it Grant or Grant?

0:50.1

Grant.

0:51.7

Yeah? All the people would say Grant.

0:55.5

Well, when I pronounce my name for, in French, I say Gaunt, because that's how they say Carrie Grant or Hugh Grant.

0:57.0

And you've been here 16 years.

0:58.2

16 years.

0:58.7

So you must speak good French?

1:01.0

Yeah, by now, but that's presumptuous of me.

1:04.1

Yes, because I have met people who have been here 30 years and they are still struggling

1:09.1

with it. But the only reason that I, if I can say that I speak it decently,

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