LITERARY WANDERINGS IN PARIS

In the book Met Parijse pen (With a Parisian pen) photographer Bart Koetsier’s eye meets with Margot Dijkgraaf’s literary gaze on Paris. Dijkgraaf and Koetsier unveil Paris under a new dawn, following the footsteps of famous writers: Patrick Modiano takes you to another Montmartre, Remco Campert shows you the east of the city, Michel Houellebeq takes you on a tour from the Parisian high-rise buildings to the Sorbonne, and Adriaan van Dis takes you to the backstage of the immigration system. Paris, a city of luxury and beauty, but also of extreme poverty. A place to wander, to get lost and find places we didn’t know we were longing for. Beneath the magnificent surface, behind the luminous facade, the city breathes with life, it smells and flourishes. Margot Dijkgraaf's pen highlights ten seminal Dutch and French writers, following their characters in Paris. Bart Koetsier's photos uniquely follow their literary route through the city of light. Margot Dijkgraaf is a literary critic (NRC), writer and curator of literary and cultural events in France and the Netherlands. Bart Koetsier is a Dutch documentary and portrait photographer living in Paris. Constant in his work is a strong cinematographic atmosphere.