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This book presents the place absinthe takes in different parts of the world. Read the whole description
- Author : B. Noël, P. Verte, and Artemis
- Language : English
- Nb of pages : 256
A myth always green presents the place absinthe takes in different parts of the world.
It gives an insight on the spread out of the drink from the Belle Epoque to our days.
You will also find a practical guide for absinthe bars in different countries as well as for books, museums, shops and also internet sites related to absinthe.
A well made book full of information!
It gives an insight on the spread out of the drink from the Belle Epoque to our days.
You will also find a practical guide for absinthe bars in different countries as well as for books, museums, shops and also internet sites related to absinthe.
A well made book full of information!
Switzerland, 1905: Jean Lanfray, a poor labourer, aims a riffle at his pregnant wife's face and fires, instantly killing her. He then turns it upon his two daughters. His father escaped only by running for his life.
What was the cause of this murderous rage?
"Absinthe!" cried the Swiss newspapers and temperance leagues. They called the high-proof green liquor the premier cause of crime in the country.
Lanfray hung himself in his jail cell, but absinthe remained on trail. Five years later, the infamous drink was banned in Switzerland. The United States followed suit in 1912, and France in 1915.
"The Green Fairy" was dead. Or was she?
In 1994, an obscure Czech distillery created a green "Bohemian" drink with virtually no resemblance to absinthe of old, slapped the name "Absinth" on the label and made a killing in England, where Absinthe had never be banned, only forgotten....
Absinthe - Green Fairy or accursed spirit? What is the difference between the imitators trading on a nefarious name and one of the most sublime aperitifs ever created, perhaps no more harmful than any other high-proof liquor? And just what is the mystique all about?
Open Absinthe, A Myth Always Green, and find out.
What was the cause of this murderous rage?
"Absinthe!" cried the Swiss newspapers and temperance leagues. They called the high-proof green liquor the premier cause of crime in the country.
Lanfray hung himself in his jail cell, but absinthe remained on trail. Five years later, the infamous drink was banned in Switzerland. The United States followed suit in 1912, and France in 1915.
"The Green Fairy" was dead. Or was she?
In 1994, an obscure Czech distillery created a green "Bohemian" drink with virtually no resemblance to absinthe of old, slapped the name "Absinth" on the label and made a killing in England, where Absinthe had never be banned, only forgotten....
Absinthe - Green Fairy or accursed spirit? What is the difference between the imitators trading on a nefarious name and one of the most sublime aperitifs ever created, perhaps no more harmful than any other high-proof liquor? And just what is the mystique all about?
Open Absinthe, A Myth Always Green, and find out.
Doctor in History of Arts, Benoît Noël is a book writer, teacher and exhibition curator.
He was the contract conservator of the Musée Fournaise de Chatou (Yvelines, France) between 1992 and 1996. He presented in particular the exhibition „L'absinthe: mythe et realité“ in 1993.
Specialist of the kind liqueur, about which he wrote many fine essays.
He was the contract conservator of the Musée Fournaise de Chatou (Yvelines, France) between 1992 and 1996. He presented in particular the exhibition „L'absinthe: mythe et realité“ in 1993.
Specialist of the kind liqueur, about which he wrote many fine essays.
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- B. Noël, P. Verte, and Artemis
- English
- 11 x 17 cm
- 256
- Esprit frappeur
- 1 september 2003
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- 78 (black & white)
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