Scenes from the Life of Bohemians

Poets, composers, artists, and philosophers live without looking back to tomorrow, create without confining themselves to any frameworks, live in hunger, but always hope for the best. Henri Murger lived a short but vibrant life. In his elegant, concise texts, he successfully combines joy and sorrow, open laughter and the recounting of personal experiences of courageously endured poverty. The lively, witty, and touching novella by Henri Murger "Scenes from the Life of Bohemians" was written over one hundred sixty years ago, but to this day this text remains not only a vivid testimony to the Parisian life of that time but also a literary myth that has nourished several generations of readers.