The Bohemians of the Latin Quarter
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Sprache:Englisch
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Verlag:University Of Pennsylvania Press
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Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
19.07.2004
Verlag
University Of Pennsylvania PressSeitenzahl
432
Maße (L/B/H)
21,8/13,9/2,7 cm
Gewicht
580 g
Übersetzt von
Ellen Marriage + weitere
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-8122-1884-8
Henri Murger. Translated by Ellen Marriage and John Selwyn. Introduction by Maurice Samuels
"Today, as of old, every man who enters on an artistic career, without any other means of livelihood than his art itself, will be forced to walk in the paths of Bohemia."--from the Preface
Based largely upon Henri Murger's own experiences and those of his fellow artists, The Bohemians of the Latin Quarter was originally produced as a play in 1849 and first appeared in book form in 1851. It was an immediate sensation. The novel consists of a series of interrelated episodes in the lives of a group of poor friends--a musician, a poet, a philosopher, a sculptor, and a painter--who attempt to maintain their artistic ideals while struggling for food, shelter, and sex.
Set in the ancient Latin Quarter, a vibrant and cosmopolitan area near the University of Paris, the novel is a masterful portrait of nineteenth-century Parisian artistic life. "Bohemian" soon became synonymous with "artist," and it is from Murger's novel that the word and concept entered the English language. Drawn from real-life characters and events, the themes of love, sacrifice, and "selling out" are immediately recognizable to the modern reader.
Capturing the heart, spirit, and bittersweet humor of the world of struggling artists, The Bohemians of the Latin Quarter is the universal story of one's attempt to leave a mark on the world.
Henri Murger (1822-1861) wrote for magazines and newspapers and authored several books of fiction but is remembered today only for this novel of artistic life in nineteenth-century Paris.
2004 | 432 pages | 4 1/4 x 6 3/4
ISBN 978-0-8122-1884-8 | Paper | $29.95s | £19.50
ISBN 978-0-8122-0095-9 | Ebook | $29.95s | £19.50
World Rights | Fiction, Literature, Cultural Studies
Short copy:
Known chiefly as the basis for Puccini's great opera "La Bohème," and resurrected more recently as the musical "Rent," The Bohemians of the Latin Quarter is one of the most culturally influential French novels of the nineteenth century.
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