{"product_id":"flaneuse","title":"Flaneuse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Shortlisted for the PEN\/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSelected as a Book of the Year 2016 by the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, New Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, The Millions \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eEmerald Street\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Flâneuse \u003c\/i\u003e[\u003ci\u003eflanne-euhze\u003c\/i\u003e], noun, from the French. Feminine form of \u003ci\u003eflâneur \u003c\/i\u003e[\u003ci\u003eflanne-euhr\u003c\/i\u003e], an idler, a dawdling observer, usually found in cities. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat is an imaginary definition.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf the word \u003ci\u003eflâneur\u003c\/i\u003e conjures up visions of Baudelaire, boulevards and bohemia - then what exactly is a \u003ci\u003eflâneuse\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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, \u003ci\u003eFlâ\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eneuse\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eflâneuses\u003c\/i\u003e who have lived and walked in those cities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom nineteenth-century novelist George Sand to artist Sophie Calle, from war correspondent Martha Gellhorn to film-maker Agnes Varda, \u003ci\u003eFlâneuse\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Buchserien.de","offers":[{"title":"Neuware","offer_id":53987849601362,"sku":"9780099593379","price":14.6,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/7002\/3593\/files\/unnamed_7f5b7806-acaa-4464-9aea-d772d1d2d10a.jpg?v=1783925208","url":"https:\/\/www.buchserien.de\/products\/flaneuse","provider":"Buchserien.de","version":"1.0","type":"link"}