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"In a palace, things are not worn, they are weathered"

2020-09-23T08:14:00.400Z


He is an insatiable traveler. Lover of stories and great men, very fond of mythical establishments, Emmanuel Pierrat confides in his memories of hotels.


Emmanuel Pierrat is a bulimic collector - of tribal art, old books, erotic works, cricket cages, opium pipes, cigar rings, champagne corks… -, a lawyer at the Paris bar well known to the little one world of culture, and also a prolific and eclectic writer.

Its topicality is marked by the publication of a new edition of the beautiful book

Once upon a time Peau d'âne

, co-written with Rosalie Varda-Demy, to be published on October 8 at La Martinière, on the occasion of the film's 50th anniversary.

For

Le Figaro

, the one who feeds his imagination at the tables of their bars and restaurants, not hesitating to buy plates auctioned at the Lutetia, deciphers the tendency of visitors to want to appropriate what makes up their universe.

LE FIGARO - Bathrobes, ashtrays, soaps… Why are objects from large hotels so coveted?

Emmanuel PIERRAT

- I am very unhappy if I return from a trip without an object, because I miss the memory of this trip.

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Source: lefigaro

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