Louis Aragon SURREALISM Avant Garde French Nightlife NIGHTWALKER Nocturnal HCDJ

by Louis Aragon

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First edition

.no-subscribe { display: none} [contenteditable] { pointer-events: none; } Nightwalker by Louis Aragon New Library of French Classics Published by Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1970. First English Edition. Very good hardcover in very good dustjacket with some tape repairs. Tight binding, solid spine, previous owner’s blindstamp to half-title page, clean unmarked text. Translated by Frederick Brown. Octavo, 176 pages. This 1970 English translation of Louis Aragon's "Le Paysan de Paris" (originally published in 1926) offers readers a surrealist masterpiece that captures the essence of nocturnal Paris in the early 20th century. Frederick Brown's skilled translation brings Aragon's dreamlike prose to life for an English-speaking audience. Aragon’s vivid, poetic descriptions of Paris after dark mix a blend of reality and fantasy that typifies surrealist literature. The stream-of-consciousness narrative mirrors the wanderings of the protagonist. Philosophical musings on urban life, modernity, and the nature of reality Written during the height of the Surrealist movement, this work contains Aragon’s philosophical musings on urban life, modernity, and the nature of reality. Exemplifies the surrealist technique of automatic writing and offers insight into the intellectual and artistic climate of 1920s Paris and greatly influenced later avant-garde writers and artists Louis Aragon (1897-1982) was a Co-founder of the Surrealist movement alongside André Breton. A prolific poet, no

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Year: 1970
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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