In Montparnasse (Omnibus)

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In Montparnasse

BBC Radio 4 Extra - In Montparnasse by Sue Roe (Omnibus)

Sue Roe charts the birth of Surrealism in this racy, rackety Paris quartier.

The birth of surrealism in this racy, rackety Paris quartier: Pablo Picasso moves to Montparnasse. Read by Tracy Ann Oberman.

Sue Roe charts the birth of Surrealism in this racy, rackety Paris quartier. 

Featured are the lives of famous artists and writers such as Jean Cocteau, Andre Breton, Louis Aragon, and later Salvador Dali, who all gravitated to this place of bars, galleries and nightclubs. 

That was why Pablo Picasso first moved there..

Omnibus of five parts abridged by Katrin Williams. 

Read by Tracy Ann Oberman.   

Producer: Duncan Minshull

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2018.

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