No. 91/92

A Parisian Bus Diary

Lauren Elkin

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Tablo
01 October 2021

Biography; Memoirs

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A LOVE LETTER TO PARIS, A MEDITATION ON COMMUNITY AND THE BEAUTY OF OBSERVING OTHERS

"Your telephone is precious. It may be envied. We recommend vigilance when using it in public." - Paris bus public notice

In autumn 2014, Lauren Elkin began keeping a diary of her bus commutes in the Notes app on her iPhone 5c. During that year, the Charlie Hebdo attacks occurred and Lauren had an ectopic pregnancy, requiring emergency surgery. At that point, her diary of dailiness became a study of how we digest major events personally and collectively as a city, observed from the height of the bus.

No. 91/92 is a love letter to Paris and a meditation on how it has changed in the two decades the author has lived there. It's a celebration of community and a time when we could all observe each other in our fleshy up-closeness.

"This is poetry in motion, the ordinary made extraordinary through Elkin's practice of noticing... a chapbook for something holy." - Ceridwen Dovey

"I absolutely love this book, each page radiates a heightened attunement to the city." - Laura Grace Ford

By: Lauren Elkin
Imprint: Tablo
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 178mm, Width: 111mm,
ISBN: 9781649697639
ISBN 10: 1649697635
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 01 October 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active