Synopses & Reviews
The basis for Puccini's opera La Bohème and the musical Rent, and a wonderful evocation of 19th-century Paris Originally published in 1851, Henri Murger's best-known work novel draws largely on Murger's own experiences as a desperately poor writer living in a Parisian attic, and the lives of his easy come, easy go club of friends who called themselves the water drinkers because they were too poor to afford wine. A sometimes outrageous, sometimes hilarious, and sometimes tragic sweep through Paris in the late 1800s, this novel in the form of loosely related stories still gives the reader the authentic taste of irresponsible youth and creativity among left bank Parisian artists.
Synopsis
Originally published in 1851, Scenes from the Latin Quarter is Henri Murger's best-known work, and the novel upon which Puccini based his opera La Boh
About the Author
Henri Murger (18221861) was a French novelist and poet. James Naughtie is a BBC journalist and the author of The Accidental American and The Rivals.