Bohemians

Author: Miao Rui
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Publish Date: 2003-07-01
Features: The bohemian artist figures depicted in this book had an extremely profound impact on Western literary trends and lifestyles in the future. From Baudelaire and Benjamin to Ginsberg and Kerouac, the spirit of bohemians has been passed down from generation to generation. Today, bohemianism has become a symbol of a spontaneous and open self-expressive lifestyle, serving as a new adornment for mainstream life. The book vividly portrays the daily lives of a group of young artists living in the impoverished Latin Quarter of Paris in the mid-19th century. They were isolated yet stubbornly on the fringes of life, without fixed professions or income sources, let alone any social status. They spent their days drifting in taverns by day and sleeping in attics by night, marrying a seamstress, and surviving on crumbs of bread. The bohemian artist figures depicted in this book had an extremely profound impact on Western literary trends and lifestyles in the future. From Baudelaire and Benjamin to Ginsberg and Kerouac, the spirit of bohemians has been passed down from generation to generation. Today, bohemianism has become a symbol of a spontaneous and open self-expressive lifestyle, serving as a new adornment for mainstream life.