{"product_id":"9781916658141","title":"PRE-ORDER NOW The Flaneur of Paris by Alex Andriesse","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e PRE-ORDER NOW - Published: 25\/05\/2026 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Flaneur of Paris?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.   The 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.'From the Caf? Napo to Ernest La Jeunesse's room, from an obscure Napoleonic museum to Monsieur Vollard's cellar,?The Flaneur of Paris?is a fragmented song, inviting us to walk down to the Seine.   Alex Andriesse is a poet and has translated, notably, Chateaubriand's Memoirs from Beyond the Grave (NYRB Classics), Cristina Campo's The Unforgivable (NYRB Classics), and Jacques Dupin's Notched (Hermits United). \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56368242786677,"sku":"9781916658141","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781916658141.jpg?v=1763548939","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781916658141","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}