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 flâneurs. The French word "flâneur" means one who â??wanders without purpose, observing society.â? As the French literary critic Sainte-Beuve explained it, to flâne â??is the very opposite of doing nothing.â? 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.Â
ISBN: | 9781803415352 |
Publication date: | 28th July 2023 |
Author: | Tim Ward |
Publisher: | Changemakers Books an imprint of John Hunt Publishing |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 320 pages |