Elaine Sciolino Books

Exploring a vibrant Parisian street, the narrative blends memoir and travelogue, showcasing the rich history and unique characters that inhabit the rue des Martyrs. Elaine Sciolino, a former New York Times Paris bureau chief, highlights the street's significance, from its historical events to its artistic legacy, featuring renowned figures like Degas and Zola. Through engaging portraits of local residents, including a greengrocer and a cabaret owner, the book celebrates the enduring charm of Parisian life amidst the challenges of globalization.

Blending memoir, travelogue, and history, The Seine is a love letter to Paris and the river that determined its destiny. Master storyteller and longtime New York Times foreign correspondent Elaine Sciolino explores the Seine through its lively characters—a bargewoman, a riverbank bookseller, a houseboat dweller, a famous cinematographer—and follows it from the remote plateaus of Burgundy through Paris and to the sea. The Seine is a vivid, enchanting portrait of the world’s most irresistible river.

France is a seductive country, seductive in its elegance, its beauty, its sensual pleasures, and its joie de vivre. Elaine Sciolino, the longtime Paris bureau chief of The New York Times, has discovered that seduction is much more. It is the key to understanding France and plays a crucial role not only in how the French fall in love, but also in how they conduct business, enjoy food and drink, define style, engage in intellectual debate, elect politicians, and project power around the world. In La Seduction, Sciolino gives us an inside view of how seduction works in all areas of French life, from the shops of Paris to the halls of government, from the gardens of Versailles to the agricultural heartland. In a new preface written for the paperback edition, Sciolino shows how the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case has thrust France into a searching debate about the future of seduction and the culture of pleasure, which cuts to the heart of France's national identity. In this as in every other aspect of French life, Elaine Sciolino proves herself to be a charming, insightful, and—yes—seductive guide.

The New York Times expert on Iran explores the beauty and contradiction underlying this enigmatic country.

In "La Seduction," Sciolino, the Paris bureau chief of "The New York Times," demystifies the French way of life and reveals the hidden truth: it's all about seduction. Here she gives an inside view of how seduction works in all areas.

A delightful and beguiling look at life on a small Paris street.