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The Water Drinkers: And Other Sketches of Paris in the Romantic Era

The Water Drinkers: And Other Sketches of Paris in the Romantic Era

Murger, Henry
Rogow, Zack
Rogow, Zack

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ISBN13: 9798991139137
Publisher: Black Widow Press
Published: Jun 25 2025
Pages: 122
Weight: 0.43
Height: 0.33 Width: 6.31 Depth: 8.95
Language: English
Henry Murger is best known for writing the book and play that Giacomo Puccini used as the basis of his delicious opera La Bohème, later the source of Jonathan Larson's musical Rent. In this collection, Zack Rogow has translated and adapted Murger's best fiction in one volume. The title piece is The Water Drinkers, Murger's satirical look at a real-life group of artists and writers who strongly rejected commercialism. They were Water Drinkers because they shunned the luxury of wine. Set in the colorful, unheated garrets so familiar to fans of La Bohème; in the galleries of the Louvre where young artists copied from the old masters; and in Paris' fashionable quartiers, The Water Drinkers introduces us to a fascinating array of characters whose dilemmas resonate deeply with contemporary issues. Written with Murger's sharp irony, The Water Drinkers is a little-known classic that has remained in print in France since its publication in 1854.

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