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Boheemielämää

Boheemielämää

Murger, Henri
Palola, Eino

Paperback

General FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 9378414753
ISBN13: 9789378414756
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Nov 8 2026
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.81
Height: 0.61 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: Finnish
Art may be their calling, but rent, food and clothing refuse to become abstractions. In Paris's Latin Quarter, four young artists pursue painting, music, philosophy and poetry while devising ingenious ways to meet the demands of daily survival. Their attic rooms and ateliers become places of shared labour and improvised living, where poverty is answered with humour, resourcefulness and mutual aid-and any sudden money is liable to vanish on a meal, a drink, new clothes or a lover. Friendship gives this literary fiction its lively ensemble shape. Rather than following a single hero, the loosely connected stories move among companions whose ambitions, romances and practical troubles repeatedly intersect. Cafés, restaurants, streets, theatres and parks extend their communal world beyond their rooms, creating a social portrait of artists and bohemians sustained by conversation, conviviality and schemes. Love affairs bring jealousy and instability, while the contrast between bohemian independence and respectable bourgeois life sharpens the choices surrounding work, money and freedom. Comedy and material hardship remain closely entwined throughout this portrait of bohemian life. Artistic devotion does not remove hunger or unpaid rent, yet necessity continually provokes invention, and companionship offers a defence against isolation. The episodic form captures a precarious existence in which creative work competes with immediate needs, pleasure interrupts scarcity, and loyalty is tested by romantic entanglements and changing fortunes. This book was out of print for decades and is now republished by Alpha Editions. It has been restored for today's and future generations. This edition is not just a reprint - it's a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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