{"product_id":"9781916658141-flaneur-of-paris-the","title":"The Flaneur of Paris","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Flaneur of Paris\u003c\/i\u003e was published in the year of Apollinaire's death. More than a century later, it makes its debut in English, elegantly translated by Alex Andriesse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book gives us glimpses of literary Paris before and during the First World War. We have a guided tour of Auteuil, where Apollinaire spent his saddest days. We meet Monsieur Lehec the bookseller, who loved his books so much that 'he could bring himself to sell them only to the few he deemed worthy of acquiring them' and Liseux the publisher, who, when asked his political views, replied: 'I am a republican, but of the republic of letters.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Flaneur of Paris\u003c\/i\u003e was published in the year of Apollinaire's death. More than a century later, it makes its debut in English, elegantly translated by Alex Andriesse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the Cafe Napo to Ernest La Jeunesse's room, from an obscure Napoleonic museum to Monsieur Vollard's cellar, \u003ci\u003eThe Flaneur of Paris\u003c\/i\u003e is a fragmented song, inviting us to walk down to the Seine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlex Andriesse is a poet and has translated, notably, Chateaubriand's \u003ci\u003eMemoirs from Beyond the Grave\u003c\/i\u003e (NYRB Classics), Cristina Campo's \u003ci\u003eThe Unforgivable\u003c\/i\u003e (NYRB Classics), and Jacques Dupin's \u003ci\u003eNotched\u003c\/i\u003e (Hermits United).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58002934661494,"sku":"9781916658141","price":12.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_41579536_32752e58-977b-4e0f-b916-683cd7c7784a.jpg?v=1781153436","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781916658141-flaneur-of-paris-the","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}