Mature Flaneur: Slow Travel Through Portugal, France, Italy and Norway

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“Whimsical, unexpected, frequently revelatory, exquisitely observed (and written), this is vintage Tim Ward. I loved it.” Ian Weir, author of The Death and Life of Strother Purcell In the aftermath of the pandemic, author Tim Ward and his wife, Teresa, decided to leave their home and professional careers in the US to spend a year in Europe as flaneurs. The French word “flaneur” means one who “wanders without purpose, observing society.” As the French literary critic Sainte-Beuve explained it, to flane “is the very opposite of doing nothing.” Indeed, it is to give yourself the gift of time: permission to live an unstructured life and, by so doing, discover something about the world, and about yourself.
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0C92G9ZHY
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Changemakers Books
Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 28, 2023
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 64.9 MB
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 321 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1803415635
Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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