The Flaneur
The Flaneur
paperback
Published:
26 February, 2015
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Description
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'A stylish, deftly erudite and enormously diverting book’ - Sunday Telegraph
‘An artfully aimless pleasure cruise around Paris’ - Guardian
'White's genius as a flâneur is revealed in his affinity for unexpected pleasures, and he includes many for our delectation' - New Yorker
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A unique and eclectic view of Paris through the eyes of a fierce and witty intellect.
A flâneur is a stroller, a loiterer, someone who ambles without apparent purpose but is secretly attuned to the history of the streets he walks - and is in covert search of adventure, aesthetic or erotic.
Acclaimed writer Edmund White, who lived in Paris for sixteen years, wanders through the avenues and along the quays, into parts of the city virtually unknown to visitors and indeed to many locals, luring the reader into the fascinating and seductive backstreets of his personal Paris.
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'One has the impression of having fallen into the hands of a highly distractible, somewhat eccentric poet and professor who is determined to show you a Paris you wouldn't otherwise see ... White tells such a good story that I'm ready to listen to anything he wants to talk about' - New York Times Book Review
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781408864760 |
| ISBN10 | 1408864762 |
| Number Of Pages | 224 |
| Item Weight | 160 g |
| Product Dimensions | 130 x 196 x 16 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
‘Edmund White is one of the most virtuosic living writers of sentences in the English language' * Dave Eggers *
‘White's genius as a flâneur is revealed in his affinity for unexpected pleasures, and he includes many for our delectation' * New Yorker *
‘One has the impression of having fallen into the hands of a highly distractible, somewhat eccentric poet and professor who is determined to show you a Paris you wouldn't otherwise see ... White tells such a good story that I'm ready to listen to anything he wants to talk about' * New York Times Book Review *
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Author's Bio
Edmund White was the author of many novels, including A Boy’s Own Story, The Beautiful Room Is Empty, The Farewell Symphony, A Saint from Texas, and The Humble Lover. His nonfiction included City Boy, Inside a Pearl, The Unpunished Vice, and other memoirs; The Flâneur, about Paris; and literary biographies and essays. He received the PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction and the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation. He lived in New York.