Parisian Sketches

by Joris-Karl Huysmans

Overview

Intense, meticulously observed impressions of 1870s' Paris

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781907650192
Publisher:	SCB Distributors
Publication date:	08/04/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

Table of Contents

	Introduction	9
	Parisian Sketches	27
I.	The Folies-Bergere in 1879	29
II.	Dance night at the Brasserie Europeenne in Grenelle	45
III.	Parisian characters	67
	The Bus conductor	69
	The Streetwalker	73
	The Washerwoman	77
	The Journeyman Baker	80
	The Chestnut-seller	83
	The Barber	87
IV.	Landscapes	91
	The Bievre	93
	The Poplar Inn	97
	The Rue de la Chine	101
	View from the ramparts of north Paris	105
V.	Fantasies and forgotten corners	109
	The Tallow candle: a prose ballad	111
	Damiens	113
	Roast meat: a prose poem	117
	A Cafe	121
	Ritornello	125
	The Arm-pit	126
	Low tide	129
	Obsession	132
VI.	Still lifes	137
	The Herring	139
	The Epinal print	140
VII.	Paraphrases	145
	Nightmare	149
	The Overture to Tannhauser	155
	Resemblances	160
	Notes	165