Flaneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice and London by La

Description: Flaneuse by Lauren Elkin Flaneuse [flanne-euhze], noun, from French. Feminine form of flaneur [flanne-euhr], an idler. In this book, the author defines her as a determined resourceful woman keenly attuned to the creative potential of the city, and the liberating possibilities of a good walk. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Part memoir, part biography, part cultural meander, an irresistibly intelligent literary walk through the lives of wandering women- about how, by putting one foot in front of the other, we can sometimes stumble upon different routes in our lives*Shortlisted for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay*Selected as a Book of the Year 2016 by the Financial Times, Guardian, New Statesman, Observer, The Millions and Emerald StreetFl neuse flanne-euhze , noun, from the French. Feminine form of fl neur flanne-euhr , an idler, a dawdling observer, usually found in cities.That is an imaginary definition.If the word fl neur conjures up visions of Baudelaire, boulevards and bohemia - then what exactly is a fl neuse?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, Fl neuse 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 fl neuses who have lived and walked in those cities.From nineteenth-century novelist George Sand to artist Sophie Calle, from war correspondent Martha Gellhorn to film-maker Agnes Varda, Fl neuse 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. Notes Selected as Book of the Year by the Financial Times, Guardian, New Statesman and the Observer, amongst others, this title combines part memoir and part cultural meander, as it follows the lives of wandering women. An uplifting, genre-bending critique of how women negotiate public space Deborah Levy, Guardian Author Biography Lauren Elkin is the author of several books, including Fl neuse- Women Walk the City, a Radio 4 Book of the Week, a New York Times Notable Book of 2017, and a finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel award for the art of the essay. Her essays on art, literature, and culture have appeared in the London Review of Books, the New York Times, Granta, Harpers, Le Monde, Les Inrockuptibles, and Frieze, among others. She is also an award-winning translator, most recently of Simone de Beauvoirs previously unpublished novel The Inseparables. After twenty years in Paris, she now lives in London. Review An uplifting, gender-bending critique of how women negotiate public space -- Deborah Levy * Guardian, Book of the Year *Deliciously spiky and seditious, she takes her readers on a rich, intelligent and lively meander through cultural history, biography, literary criticism, urban topography and memoir… I defy anyone to read this celebratory study and not feel inspired to take to the streets in one way or another. -- Lucy Scholes * Observer *Well researched and larded with examples, this picaresque account of a picaresque longing successfully paints women back into the city... Elkin reboots the appetite to go walking and thinking in the city, which can only be a good thing. * Evening Standard *Flâneuse is not simply a reclaiming of space, but also of a suppressed intellectual and cultural history. Finding ways to reframe images of women walking and to reverse male gazes, Flâneuse builds on recent work by Rebecca Solnit and the artist Laura Oldfield Ford, among others, with striking intellectual vigour and clear, enrapturing prose. * Financial Times *The thoughtful urban stroller Lauren Elkin is a self-appointed heir to Woolfs street haunter. A memoir, a travelogue and an eminently likeable work of literary criticism, Flaneuse is more like a song sung under Elkins breath. [...] At its best, her book evokes reading aloud... reading your own life through the novels that form part of it. -- Gaby Wood * Daily Telegraph *Wonderful… a joyful genealogy of the female urban walker. The books narrative meanders brilliantly and appropriately across several times periods at once… Elkins Flaneuse does not simply wander aimlessly, any more than Elkin does herself in this elegant book: she uses her reflection to question, challenge and create anew the life that she observes. -- Lara Feigel * Guardian *An intense meditation on what it means to be a women and walk out in the world. Flaneuse encourages its readers to lace up their shoes and go for a walk. Elkin lets the reader become a companion to many women who have thought seriously about the relationship between a woman and the path she chooses to tread. -- Erica Wagner * New Statesman *Ive been waiting for years to see the history of women walkers in the city added to the critical literature of the flaneur--and here, in Lauren Elkins really smart and lovely book -- Vivian GornickEngaging, inspiring and vigorous... The persuasiveness with which she urges us to rethink and expand our understanding of the art of flânerie, together with the force of her insights and the strength and weight of her voice, leaves us with a contribution to the field that feels singular. Buy it, read it, talk about it. And carry it with you in your mind when you next go walking in the city. -- Matthew Adams * The National *Flâneuse offers a rich engagement with the "psychogeography" of 20th-century literature and the contemporary city… A rich, rewarding pedalogue -- Martin Doyle and Sara Keating * Irish Times *In her richly evocative and absorbing debut, cultural critic Elkin homes in on the female version of the flaneur . . . In this insightful mix of cultural history and memoir, Elkin emerges at the protagonist as she mines her personal journey from the suburbs of Long Island to her current home in Paris * Publishers Weekly *Marvellously eclectic and erudite * Bookseller *An appealing blend of memoir, scholarship, and cultural criticism . . . Elkins own story runs through the text like a luminous thread. She tells us the woman-in-the-street stories of Jean Rhys, Virginia Woolf, George Sand, Sophie Calle, Agnès Varda, and Martha Gellhorn, but all sorts of other cultural figures appear, including Barthes, Rilke, Baudelaire, Hemingway, Derrida, Dickens, and numerous others . . . Enlightening walks through cities, cultural history, and a writers heart and soul * Kirkus *This is a book about wandering women, the author included, who build relationships with their cities by walking through them . . . Women can and do make feminist statements simply by strolling through their stomping grounds; Elkin creates an interesting and inarguable case for this. She, too, is a wanderer and provides compelling anecdotes about her own journeys, interspersed with those of literary heavy-hitters George Sand, Jean Rhys, Virginia Woolf, and others . . . This is ultimately a celebration of women. Youll want to take a stroll by the end * Library Journal *Inspiring * Psychologies * Promotional Part memoir, part biography, part cultural meander, an irresistibly intelligent literary walk through the lives of wandering women- about how, by putting one foot in front of the other, we can sometimes stumble upon different routes in our lives Review Text An uplifting, gender-bending critique of how women negotiate public space Promotional "Headline" Part memoir, part biography, part cultural meander, an irresistibly intelligent literary walk through the lives of wandering women- about how, by putting one foot in front of the other, we can sometimes stumble upon different routes in our lives Details ISBN0099593378 Author Lauren Elkin Publisher Vintage Publishing Year 2017 ISBN-10 0099593378 ISBN-13 9780099593379 Format Paperback Publication Date 2017-07-27 Media Book Imprint Vintage Subtitle Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice and London Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Pages 336 DEWEY 305.4 Short Title Flaneuse Language English UK Release Date 2017-07-27 AU Release Date 2017-07-27 NZ Release Date 2017-07-27 Narrator Susan McInearny Illustrator Matthew Holm Birth 1939 Affiliation Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Bipolar Clinic and Reseach Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Position Associate Professor of Psychiatry Qualifications PsyD Alternative 9781448191956 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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