The Most Beautiful Walk in the World: A Pedestrian in Paris by John Baxter
Thrust into the unlikely role of literary walking tour guide, an expat writer provides the most irresistibly witty and revealing tour of Paris in years.
In this enchanting memoir, acclaimed author and long-time Paris resident John Baxter remembers his year-long experience of giving literary walking tours through the city.
Baxter sets off with unsuspecting tourists in tow on the trail of Paris' legendary writers and artists of the past. Along the way, he tells the history of Paris through a brilliant cast of characters: the favourite cafes of Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and James Joyce; Pablo Picasso's underground Montmartre haunts; the bustling boulevards of the late-nineteenth-century flaneurs; the secluded Little Luxembourg gardens beloved by Gertrude Stein; the alleys where revolutionaries plotted; and finally, Baxter's own favourite walk near his home in Saint-Germain-des-Pres.
Format: Paperback | 320 pages
Dimensions (cm): 2.2 x 12.8 x 18.1 | 236g
Publication Date: 24 May 2011
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: Harper Perennial
Publication City/Country: New York, United States
Language: English
Illustrations note: illustrations
ISBN10: 0061998540
ISBN13: 9780061998546
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including very minor scuff marks along the edges, but no holes or tears. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing but no tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.