A review by balancinghistorybooks
Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice and London by Lauren Elkin

4.0

I am fascinated by flanerie; I had several lectures based around the very act whilst studying at King's College London, and loved every moment of them. I read a couple of good books about streetwalking at the time, and whilst Elkin does repeat a lot of the details from them, I still found Flaneuse engaging and enjoyable. I very much liked the way in which she wove in her own experiences of living and walking in different cities around the world. All in all, it was a splendid volume to read whilst nursing my aching feet after walking around in Amsterdam.