title: The Bloody Streets of Paris
author:  Jacques Tardi 
description: <i>The Bloody Streets of Paris</i> is a classic detective story set against the Nazi occupation of Paris. Newly discharged from a WWII prisoner of war camp, Nestor Burma finds himself unraveling a convoluted mystery surrounding the death of an associate. The fast-paced, tightly plotted story is suspenseful and gripping. But the genius in The Bloody Streets of Paris is its depiction of wartime Paris. The Nazi occupation flips the Parisian life on its head. Their familiar surroundings are suddenly ominous and fraught with danger. It's with this looming presence as a backdrop that Burma attempts to solve the mystery. French illustrator Jacques Tardi adapted <i>The Bloody Streets of Paris</i> to graphic novel form. Born at the end of World War II, Tardi heard stories of both world wars from his grandparents. His grandparents' stories greatly marked the illustrator as a child. In an interview for a French periodical he explained, "What interests me [about war] is daily life: how do people continue from one day to next under such conditions?" Tardi's black and white illustrations brilliantly evoke the gritty urban atmosphere of forties' Paris.<i>--Leigh Gable</i>
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  Over There
  
  
  [I. The Zone Of Paris](Over%20There_split_001.html#filepos2316)
  
  [II. On The French Front](Over%20There_split_001.html#filepos32217)
  
  [III. Ruins](Over%20There_split_001.html#filepos62610)
  
  [IV. At Grips](Over%20There_split_001.html#filepos93753)
  
  [V. The British Lines](Over%20There_split_001.html#filepos120841)
  
  [VI. The Unique City](Over%20There_split_001.html#filepos152183)
  
  
  
  
  
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  # Over There
  
  
  ### Arnold Bennett
  
  
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  * I. The Zone Of Paris
  
  
  * II. On The French Front
  
  
  * III. Ruins
  
  
  * IV. At Grips
  
  
  * V. The British Lines
  
  
  * VI. The Unique City
  
  
  
  
      
  
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  OVER THERE
  
  
  War Scenes on the Western Front
  
  
  By ARNOLD BENNETT
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### I. The Zone Of Paris
  
  
  From the balcony you look down upon massed and variegated tree- tops
  
  
  as though you were looking 