Water drinkers : and other sketches of Paris in the Romantic era / by Henry Murger ; translated and adapted from the French by Zack Rogow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murger, Henri, 1822-1861, author.

Contributor:

Rogow, Zack, translator.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Romanticism--France--Paris.

Romanticism.

Romanticism--France--History--19th century.

French literature--19th century--History and criticism.

French literature.

Art--France--Paris--Fiction.

Art.

Authors, French--Fiction.

Authors, French.

Bohemianism--France--Paris--Fiction.

Bohemianism.

Murger, Henri, 1822-1861.

Murger, Henri.

Paris (France)--Social life and customs--19th century--Fiction.

Paris (France).

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

119 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston, MA : Black Widow Press, 2025.

Language Note:

In English, translated from French.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Translator's introduction

The water drinkers

The funeral supper

Heated romance in a cold spell

Acknowledgements.

Notes:

"These translations are based on excerpts of three works by Henry Murger: Les buveurs d'eau, published in 1854; Scènes de la vie de jeunesse, published in 1851' Propos de ville et propos de théâtre, published in 1853"--Copyright page.

ISBN:

9798991139137

OCLC:

1502686499

Publisher Number:

90103318238