Thrust into the unlikely role of professional “literary walking tour” guide by his pal Terrance Gelenter, an expat writer provides the most irresistibly witty and revealing tour of Paris in years.
Thrust into the unlikely role of professional “literary walking tour” guide by his pal Terrance Gelenter, an expat writer provides the most irresistibly witty and revealing tour of Paris in years.The celebrated author, film biographer, memoirist and raconteur extraordinaire John Baxter turns a walk to his Paris market into the most beautiful walk in the world.
He shows us how to stop, look up at the sign that proudly proclaims that Thomas Paine once lived here, make smiling eye contact with the passing parade and bring time to a near halt. “A walk is not a race. It’s a succession of instants, any one of which can illuminate a lifetime.
“In this lovingly crafted and gorgeous memoir of his strolls in Paris Baxter reminds readers that walking around Paris is an art and that one who walks in Paris writes a new history with each step.”–Publishers Weekly
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Meet John in conversation with Terrance Gelenter