It is perhaps unfair both to Edith Piaf and to France how strongly we Americans identify the two. For us, she is France’s Mickey Mouse, Marlon Brando and Elvis all rolled into one, but also apparently the nation’s ONLY singer, if Hollywood’s our primary guide. Piaf is iconic, symbolizing the spirit of pre-war, then Occupied, then post-war [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:38AM on December 19, 2012