LACY SOTO | DATE 11/6/2019

'City of Immortals' book launch at Artbook at Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles

Sunday, November 10 at 3 PM, Artbook at Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles Bookstore and Goff Books present the book launch and signing event for City of Immortals: Père-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, the new book from Carolyn Campbell. The launch will include a conversation between author Carolyn Campbell and writer and publisher Tosh Berman. Email bookshw-la@artbook.com or call 213-988-7413 to pre-order a signed copy with free shipping in the U.S.!

This first-person account of a legendary necropolis will delight Francophiles, tourists and armchair travelers, while enriching the experience of taphophiles (cemetery lovers) and aficionados of art and architecture, mystery and romance. Carolyn Campbell’s evocative images are complemented by those of renowned landscape photographer Joe Cornish. City of Immortals celebrates the novelty and eccentricity of Père-Lachaise Cemetery through the engrossing story of the history of the site established by Napoleonic decree along with portraits of the last moments of the cultural icons buried within its walls. In addition to several “conversations” with some of the high-profile residents, three guided tours are provided along with an illustrated pull-out map featuring the grave sites of eighty-four architects, artists, writers, musicians, dancers, filmmakers and actors, including Oscar Wilde, Jim Morrison of the Doors. Frédéric Chopin, Georges Bizet, Edith Piaf, Maria Callas, Isadora Duncan, Eugène Delacroix, Gertrude Stein, Amedeo Modigliani, Sarah Bernhardt, Simone Signoret, Colette and Marcel Proust.

ARTBOOK @ HAUSER & WIRTH LOS ANGELES BOOKSTORE
City of Immortals: Père-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris
Sunday, November 10: 3 PM
917 East 3rd Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Phone: 213-988-7413