The Flâneur

Edmund White’s New York Times bestselling guided sojourn through the streets of Paris, with a new foreword by Alexander Chee.

 

Edmund 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. —Alexander Chee

Legendary paterfamilias of queer literature Edmund White lived in Paris for sixteen years, wandering the streets and avenues and quays of his favorite city. In The Flâneur 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.

“A Paris you wouldn't otherwise see.” —New York Times Book Review