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It's 1888, and Paris is drunk on its own beauty and scientific and artistic accomplishment. The city is poised to host the Universal Exposition, a testimony to French power and colonization, and to unveil its extraordinary centerpiece, the Eiffel Tower.
Philippe Normand is a modest, likable physician who, in his profession, is privy to the foibles and addictions of the rich, the desperation of the poor, and the egotism of his colleagues. He is a regular guest at the dinner table of the Balise family, whose health he has cared for over many years. He is especially close to Madou, the strong-willed youngest daughter in the family, who is fed up with the arrogance of French culture and the constraints it puts on women. Philippe himself is lonely, burnt out on his profession, and disillusioned with conventional medical science.
While attending a Wild West show that is touring Europe, Madou is strangely drawn to the Native American Black Elk. "Choice"—as he is known in the show—is seen as an oddity by French society; he is a mysterious figure, poised and uncannily intuitive, but desperately homesick. Philippe and Madou try to help him, but it is Choice who ends up transforming the lives of all those around him.
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Ronald Dorchak
reviewed Black Elk in Paris on September 20, 2019
Black Elk in Paris
What a strange and fascinating little book! Black Elk in Paris is the story of a young woman in Paris who takes as her companion a Native American man on tour with a Wild West show. The story is told through the eyes of the family physician who is slowly becoming disillusioned with Western Medicine. The young woman is also seeking meaning in the world. The tone of the book is dream-like and reflective. It's filled with interesting insights and characterizations. "Have you noticed that there is a tacit assumption that a woman's freedom is defined by her promiscuity? To be free as a man is to say and to do and create as one wants. To be free as a woman is to be available to a man when he wants her." This is a quick and beautiful read. I will admit that there is not a ton of action, and many incidents are described by characters after the fact. This gives the book room to meander and ponder.
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