Paris Peasant (2002)

by Louis Aragon

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Paris Peasant (1926) is one of the central works of Surrealism. Unconventional in form and fiercely modern, Aragon uses the city of Paris as a framework interlacing text with the city's ephemera: cafe menus, maps, monument inscriptions, newspaper cuttings and the lives of its citizens. No one could have been a more astute detector of the unwanted in all its forms; no one else could have been carried away by such intoxicating reveries about a sort of secret life of the city...' Andre Breton'… (more)

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I usually find Surrealist writers, at least in translation, to be dreadfully boring & wooden & forced. The best "Surrealist" writing is by people who were either never Surrealists or were only peripherally associated w/ Surrrealism - like Raymond Roussel & Raymond Queneau. Of course, you have to be named Raymond to be a good Surrealist writer - except for Antonin Artaud.. However, I liked this Louis Aragon bk. On the other hand, contrary to what the back-cover blurb says, I wdn't call this bk Surrealist either, so.. (

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tENTATIVELY | Apr 3, 2022 |

moments of brilliance, beauty, and humor. some of the more metaphysical wanderings made my head hurt. (

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beckydj | May 11, 2015 |

Slightly more appealing than Breton's Nadja, which isnt saying much. Read it for the evocative descriptions of Paris back streets and hidden corners. Otherwise, nothing to see here, move along. (

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Gallimard, Folio (219-782)

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Pařížský venkovan, Anicet neboli panoráma by Louis Aragon

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Paris Peasant

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Le Paysan de Paris

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Nightwalker

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editions Gallimard, 1926 (Jonathan Cape ∙ [1971])

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Paris Peasant (1926) is one of the central works of Surrealism. Unconventional in form and fiercely modern, Aragon uses the city of Paris as a framework interlacing text with the city's ephemera: cafe menus, maps, monument inscriptions, newspaper cuttings and the lives of its citizens. No one could have been a more astute detector of the unwanted in all its forms; no one else could have been carried away by such intoxicating reveries about a sort of secret life of the city...' Andre Breton'

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