The Flaneur: A Stroll through the Paradoxes of Paris
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Overview
A flaneur is a stroller, a loiterer, someone who ambles through city streets in search of adventure and fulfillment. Edmund White, who lived in Paris for sixteen years, wanders through the streets and avenues and along the quays, into parts of Paris virtually unknown to visitors and indeed to many Parisians. In the hands of the learned White, a walk through Paris is both a tour of its lush, sometimes prurient history, and an evocation of the city's spirit.
The Flaneur leads us to bookshops and boutiques, monuments and palaces, giving us a glimpse the inner human drama. Along the way we learn everything from the latest debates among French lawmakers to the juicy details of Colette's life.
Originally published as part of Bloomsbury's Writer and the City series, this book has sold consistently over the years, and will find a whole new audience in paperback.
The New York Times bestselling look at Paris: an erudite, eloquent guided sojourn through the city's streets, by acclaimed author Edmund White.
A BLOOMSBURY CLASSIC: In hardcover, The Flaneur was the most successful book in the Writer and the City series, reaching scores of bestseller lists, both national and regional, and has continued to backlist for years.
ACCLAIMED, AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR: Edmund White has already received an NBCC award and been made a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His reputation, both in the United States and internationally, has only grown over the years. The acclaim for his recent novel, Hotel de Dream, proves that his reputation continues to soar.
EVERGREEN TOPIC: Perhaps the most serenaded city in the world, Paris continues to be an inspiration to writers and readers across the globe. Bloomsbury's own Paris: The Secret History is a testament the power of this phenomenon.
PERFECT GIFT FOR TRAVELERS: The Flaneur is an original and surprising look at a well-explored city, ideal for both first-time adventurers and seasoned veterans. With its small trim size and low price, the paperback is an ideal present for a friend or relative with a trip ahead of them.
One has the impression, reading The Flaneur, 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 . . . Edmund White tells such a good story that I'm ready to to listen to anything he wants to talk about.
White's charming book is for literati, voyeurs and aesthetes, and for travelers who love familiar terrain from a different viewpoint.
Lovely.
Brilliant.
Vibrantly evocative.
- Title: The Flaneur: A Stroll through the Paradoxes of Paris
- Author: Edmund White
- Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
- Print Publication Date: 2015
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 224
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781632866288, 9781582342122, 1582342121, 1632866285
- Resource ID: LLS:9781632866288
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T15:28:12Z
Edmund White's novels include Fanny: A Fiction, A Boy's Own Story, The Farewell Symphony, A Married Man, and Hotel De Dream. He is also the author of a biography of Jean Genet, a study of Marcel Proust, and a memoir, My Lives. Having lived in Paris for many years, he is now a New Yorker and teaches at Princeton University.