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Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice and London by Lauren Elkin |
A flâneur (male) is one who aimlessly wanders while observing city life but Elkin wants us to recognise that women have done the same, including herself. Those discussed include writers such as Virginia Woolf, the war correspondent Martha Gellhorn and others for whom walking alone, exploring a city, was a necessary freedom and inspiration. The cities chosen by Elkin are those in which she has lived, explored and sometimes felt displaced. A very interesting read.
(Christine Miller - bwl 82 Autumn 2016 ) |
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