When good Americans die, wrote Oscar Wilde, they all go to Paris. Of course, Americans can be impatient people, and quite a few, hoping to beat the queues, don’t wait for death. Many good American writers, plus quite a few British and Irish writers, have made their way to Paris with the idea that in the City of Light they will be able to find their literary voice in a way that would not be possible in Des Moines or Darlington or Dublin. Or at least get a seat on the terrasse of Café de Flore.
奧斯卡·王爾德(Oscar Wilde)寫道，當美國的好人死去時，他們都去了巴黎。當然，美國人可能是沒有耐心的人，而且有相當一部分人爲了搶在隊伍前面，不等自己死亡就來到巴黎。許多優秀的美國作家，加上相當多的英國和愛爾蘭作家，都帶著這樣的想法來到巴黎：在這座光之城，他們可以找到自己的文學聲音，而這在得梅因、達靈頓或都柏林是不可能實現的。或者至少在Café de Flore的露天餐廳找個座位。
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