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Flaneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice and London
By (author) Lauren Elkin
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If the word flâneur conjures up visions of Baudelaire, boulevards and bohemia – then what exactly is a flâneuse? 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, Flâneuse 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 flâneuses 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, Flâneuse 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.
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Publisher | Vintage Publishing
Published date | 6 Aug 2026
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 336
Dimensions | 198 x 129 x 35mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 500g
ISBN | 978-1-5299-9431-5
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BISAC | biography & autobiography / personal memoirs
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