{"product_id":"flaneuse-women-walk-the-city-in-paris-new-york-tokyo-venice-and-london","title":"Lauren Elkin: Flaneuse [2017] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Shortlisted for the PEN\/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSelected as a Book of the Year 2016 by the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, New Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, The Millions \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eEmerald Street\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Flaneuse \u003c\/i\u003e[\u003ci\u003eflanne-euhze\u003c\/i\u003e], noun, from the French. Feminine form of \u003ci\u003eflaneur \u003c\/i\u003e[\u003ci\u003eflanne-euhr\u003c\/i\u003e], an idler, a dawdling observer, usually found in cities. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat is an imaginary definition.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf the word \u003ci\u003eflaneur\u003c\/i\u003e conjures up visions of Baudelaire, boulevards and bohemia - then what exactly is a \u003ci\u003eflaneuse\u003c\/i\u003e? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this gloriously provocative and celebratory book, Lauren Elkin defines her as 'a determined resourceful woman keenly attuned to the creative potential of the city, and the liberating possibilities of a good walk'. Part cultural meander, part memoir, \u003ci\u003eFla\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eneuse\u003c\/i\u003e traces the relationship between the city and creativity through a journey that begins in New York and moves us to Paris, via Venice, Tokyo and London, exploring along the way the paths taken by the \u003ci\u003eflaneuses\u003c\/i\u003e who have lived and walked in those cities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom nineteenth-century novelist George Sand to artist Sophie Calle, from war correspondent Martha Gellhorn to film-maker Agnes Varda, \u003ci\u003eFlaneuse\u003c\/i\u003e considers what is at stake when a certain kind of light-footed woman encounters the city and changes her life, one step at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elkin, Lauren","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":48128934445395,"sku":"XG80099593379","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/elkin-lauren-flaneuse-women-walk-the-city-in-paris-new-york-tokyo-venice-and-london-xg80099593379-55857344610643.jpg?v=1715201786","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/flaneuse-women-walk-the-city-in-paris-new-york-tokyo-venice-and-london","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}