Flaneuse

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<p><b>*Shortlisted for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay*</b> <b></b> <b>Selected as a Book of the Year 2016 by the<i>Financial Times</i>,<i>Guardian</i><i>, New Statesman</i><i>, Observer</i><i>, The Millions</i>and<i>Emerald Street</i></b></p><p><i>'Flâneuse</i>[<i>flanne-euhze</i>], noun, from the French. Feminine form of<i>flâneur</i>[<i>flanne-euhr</i>], an idler, a dawdling observer, usually found in cities.</p><p>That is an imaginary definition.'</p><p>If the word<i>flâneur</i>conjures up visions of Baudelaire, boulevards and bohemia then what exactly is a<i>flâneuse</i>?</p><p>In 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,<i>Flâ</i><i>neuse</i>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<i>flâneuses</i>who have lived and walked in those cities.</p><p>From nineteenth-century novelist George Sand to artist Sophie Calle, from war correspondent Martha Gellhorn to film-maker Agnes Varda,<i>Flâneuse</i>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.</p>

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Lauren Elkins essays have appeared in many publications, including<i>The New York Times Book Review</i>,<i>frieze</i>, and the<i>Times Literary Supplement</i>, and she is a contributing editor at The White Review. A native New Yorker, she moved to Paris in 2004. Currently living on the Right Bank after years on the Left, she can generally be found ambling around Belleville.

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