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The flâneur : a stroll through the paradoxes of Paris / by Edmund White

By:

White, Edmund, (1940-)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Bloomsbury , 2001Description: 211 p. : maps ; 19 cmISBN:

9781582341354

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

944.36 WHI

LOC classification:

DC707 .W6 2001

Summary: A flaneur is a stroller, a loiterer, someone who ambles through a city without apparent purpose but is secretly attuned to the history of the place and in covert search of adventure, esthetic or erotic. Edmund White, who lived in Paris for sixteen years, wanders through the streets and avenues and along the quays, taking us into parts of Paris virtually unknown to visitors and indeed to many Parisians.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	944.36 WHI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		004668

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A flaneur is a stroller, a loiterer, someone who ambles through a city without apparent purpose but is secretly attuned to the history of the place and in covert search of adventure, esthetic or erotic. Edmund White, who lived in Paris for sixteen years, wanders through the streets and avenues and along the quays, taking us into parts of Paris virtually unknown to visitors and indeed to many Parisians.

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