Category Book Walks

Welcome to my Book Walks — where literature steps off the page and into the streets. Each walk begins with a book that stirs a certain atmosphere, a longing to see its world come alive beyond the covers. Sometimes that means tracing a little Italy in the heart of the Marais, feeling the quiet soul of the Luxembourg Gardens, or rediscovering Zola’s Paris inside the great department stores. Other times, it might lead farther — to the windswept beaches of Normandy in search of the ancient fossils from Tracy Chevalier’s imagination. These walks are an invitation to wander with a story in mind, to let the city unfold as an open book, and to find the places where fiction and reality meet in unexpected harmony.