Gaito Gazdanov's Paris / 17 (Suzanne)
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Brassai: Girl playing snooker, Montmartre, 1933.
From "The Secret Paris of the '30s", 1976.

Source:
Ackland Museum of Art, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Seasons of Paris exhibition (created by UNC students):
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Gaito Gazdanov's Paris / 17

Suzanne

[The taxi driver encounters the young prostitute Suzanne in one of the all-night cafes they both frequent. Their first meeting is not auspicious.]

My usual neighbour at the counter was called Suzanne, a blonde who wore lurid makeup and loved flashy dresses and jewellery. She had a gold tooth which pleased her so much that every two minutes she admired herself in a little mirror, lifting her upper lip as a dog would do.

"Pretty, isn't it?" she asked me one day.

"I can’t think of anything that looks stupider."

From then on she treated me with hostility and looked for ways to insult me. She made fun of my habit of drinking milk.

"Always your milk," she sneered a few days later. "Wouldn't you like to taste mine?" [30]

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