{"product_id":"the-flaneur-a-stroll-through-the-paradoxes-of-paris-9798260200162","title":"The Flaneur: A Stroll Through the Paradoxes of Paris","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdmund White has just met you at a party and he's going to tell you about a friend. But his 'friend' is one of the greatest cities in the world, beloved by many and yet really known by only a few. And he is one of those few. \u003c\/i\u003e-Alexander Chee \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdmund White's \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling guided sojourn through the streets of Paris, with a new foreword by Alexander Chee\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLegendary paterfamilias of queer literature Edmund White lived in Paris for sixteen years, wandering the streets and avenues and quays of his favorite city. In \u003ci\u003eThe Flâneur\u003c\/i\u003e he leads us on a walking tour of Paris' lush, sometimes prurient history, to parts of the city virtually unknown to visitors and indeed to many Parisians. This twenty-fifth anniversary edition celebrates the City of Light and the fearless wit and panache of one of its greatest devotees. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A Paris you wouldn't otherwise see.\" -\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdmund White (1940-2025)\u003c\/b\u003e authored more than thirty works of fiction, memoir, and nonfiction, including the novels \u003ci\u003eA Boy's Own Story\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Our Young Man\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Humble Lover; \u003c\/i\u003ethe memoirs \u003ci\u003eCity Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInside a Pearl\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Unpunished Vice;\u003c\/i\u003e literary biographies \u003ci\u003eGenet \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eRimbaud\u003c\/i\u003e; and many more. His last work, the sexual autobiography \u003ci\u003eThe Loves of My Life\u003c\/i\u003e, was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice. He received the PEN\/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction and the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Alexander Chee is the bestselling author of the novels \u003ci\u003eEdinburgh\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Queen of the Night\u003c\/i\u003e and the essay collection \u003ci\u003eHow to Write an Autobiographical Novel\u003c\/i\u003e. A contributing editor at \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e and an editor at large at \u003ci\u003eVQR\u003c\/i\u003e, his essays and stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine, T Magazine, The Sewanee Review, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBest American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a professor of English and Creative Writing at Dartmouth College and lives in Vermont.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52197374034194,"sku":"9798260200162","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a6332a47-20fb-424d-b919-68d99c26b4ce.jpg?v=1776165432","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-flaneur-a-stroll-through-the-paradoxes-of-paris-9798260200162","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}