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Flaneur - A Stroll through the Paradoxes of Paris White Edmund New edition

Marc Notes: A flaneur 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 16 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. Biographical Note: Edmund White is the author of three memoirs, "My Lives," "City Boy," and "Inside a Pearl," about Paris. His many novels include the autobiographical "A Boy's Own Story" and, most recently, " Jack Holmes & His Friend." He is also known as a literary biographer and essayist. White lives in New York and teaches at Princeton University. Publisher Marketing: 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. Review Citations:

New York Times Book Review 05/18/2008 pg. 28 (EAN 9781582342122, Paperback)

Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2001 pg. 44 (EAN 9781582341354, Hardcover)

Publishers Weekly 01/08/2001 pg. 54 (EAN 9781582341354, Hardcover)

BookPage 03/01/2001 pg. 18 (EAN 9781582341354, Hardcover)

Library Journal 02/15/2001 pg. 190 (EAN 9781582341354, Hardcover)

Booklist 02/15/2001 pg. 1113 (EAN 9781582341354, Hardcover)

People Weekly 03/26/2001 pg. 46 (EAN 9781582341354, Hardcover)

Entertainment Weekly 03/30/2001 pg. 64 (EAN 9781582341354, Hardcover)

New York Times 04/08/2001 pg. 7 (EAN 9781582341354, Hardcover)

New Yorker (The) 04/23/2001 pg. 194 (EAN 9781582341354, Hardcover)

New York Times 06/03/2001 pg. 28 (EAN 9781582341354, Hardcover)

Lambda Book Report 06/01/2001 pg. 43 (EAN 9781582341354, Hardcover)

New York Times 12/02/2001 pg. 69 (EAN 9781582341354, Hardcover)

Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/2002 pg. 123 (EAN 9781582341354, Hardcover)

Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/2004 pg. 911 (EAN 9781582341354, Hardcover)

Wilson Public Library Catalog 12/31/2008 pg. 1150 (EAN 9781582341354, Hardcover)

Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/2013 pg. 1364 (EAN 9781582341354, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  White, Edmund Edmund White is the author of the novels Fanny: A Fiction, A Boy's Own Story, The Farewell Symphony, and The Married Man; a biography of Jean Genet; a study of Marcel Proust; and, most recently, a memoir, My Lives. Having lived in Paris for many years, he has now settled in New York, and he teaches at Princeton University.