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Lapérouse: A Parisian Icon Since 1766

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Founded in 1766 in a Parisian hôtel particulier on the banks of the Seine, Lapérouse is one of the city’s oldest restaurants. In the nineteenth century, it was frequented by writers and artists such as Zola, Musset, Hugo, Balzac, Proust, Rodin, Colette, and Picasso, and was also known as a discre...
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Frédéric Beigbeder is a French writer, editor, and columnist, and one of the most prominent voices in contemporary French literature. Among his many books are Love Lasts Three Years (Grasset, 1997), Windows on the World (Grasset, 2003), and A French Novel (Grasset, 2009). For Assouline, he has written books devoted to the art of living, including Barbie (1998), Manhattan’s Babe (2014), and Biarritz Basque (2024), as well as the preface to Paris by Paris (2025). In addition, he hosts the literary program Conversations chez Lapérouse, an intimate forum for dialogue between writers and artists. An epicurean and an attentive observer, he embodies a refined and personal knowledge of Paris.

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The Classics Collection

Lapérouse: A Parisian Icon Since 1766

$120

More than a restaurant, Lapérouse is a page of French history. Founded before the Revolution, this ‘house of pleasures’ has spanned three centuries with the same unforgettable lightness of being.

— Frédéric Beigbeder
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Page count

264 pages

Number of illustrations

Over 200

Language

English

Released on

April 2026

Dimensions

W 10 x L 13 x D 1.5 in

Cover materials

Hardcover

ISBN

9781649806338

Weight

5.73 lb

Author

Frédéric Beigbeder