The Flaneur
A Stroll through the Paradoxes of Paris (Writer and the City)
by Edmund White
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appears in About France, Travel, and History.
The Barnes & Noble ReviewThe Paris of The Flâneur loosely translated as one who strolls, seemingly without purpose or set destination is a return to the familiar in more ways than one for Edmund White. After having spent the better part of two decades living and writing in la ville de la lumière before coming back to the U.S. in 1998, White k...
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appears in About France, Travel, and History.
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