Scenes of Bohemian Life - (Mint Editions) by Henri Murger (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><i>Scenes of Bohemian Life</i> (1851) is a novel by Henri Murger. Written at the beginning of his career as a popular French poet and novelist, <i>Scenes of Bohemian Life</i> is composed of vignettes inspired by the author's experience as a starving artist in Paris' Latin Quarter. Adapted countless times for theater and film, Murger's novel served as inspiration for Puccini's opera <i>La bohème</i> (1896) and for the hit musical <i>Rent</i> (1996). "The Bohemians know everything and go everywhere, according as they have patent leather pumps or burst boots. They are to be met one day leaning against the mantel-shelf in a fashionable drawing room, and the next seated in the arbor of some suburban dancing place. They cannot take ten steps on the Boulevard without meeting a friend, and thirty, no matter where, without encountering a creditor." Distinguished by their sense of fashion and impoverished lifestyle, Paris' Bohemians are part of a historical avant-garde, a cultural phenomenon found in any artistic society. Living day to day, these artists and radicals commune with the world as it is, taking nothing and no one for granted. In <i>Scenes of Bohemian Life</i>, four friends--Rodolphe, Marcel, Colline, and Schaunard--avoid landlords and old lovers on the streets of the Latin Quarter, a district known for its countercultural figures. Hilarious and preeminently human, <i>Scenes of Bohemian Life</i> is a masterpiece of nineteenth century fiction from a writer whose lifestyle informed much of his work. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Henri Burger's <i>Scenes of Bohemian Life</i> is a classic of French literature reimagined for modern readers.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>In Paris' Latin Quarter, a class of artists, intellectuals, and radicals makes up for a lack of bread with an abundance of style. Among them, four friends go from mistress to mistress, meal to meal, trying to live their lives to the fullest while avoiding their landlords and creditors. <i>Scenes of Bohemian Life</i> is a novel by Henri Murger.</p>
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