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Journalist and author Alan Riding presents And the Show Went On: Cultural Life in Nazi-Occupied Paris.

About Alan Riding

Alan Riding is a Brazilian-born Briton who studied economics and law before becoming a journalist and writer. Working successively for Reuters, The Financial Times and The New York Times, he reported from the United Nations in New York, Latin America and Western Europe. During much of his career, Riding covered political and economic affairs. Then for 12 years before leaving journalism in 2007, he was the European cultural correspondent for The New York Times. He is author of the best-selling book, Distant Neighbors: A Portrait of the Mexicans, and co-author of Essential Shakespeare Handbook and Opera. He lives in Paris and is married to the journalist Marlise Simons.

Read Alan Riding's articles from The New York Times.