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title: "Paris Peasant"
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# Paris Peasant

**Brand:** louis aragonsimon watson taylor
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## Customer Reviews

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    Surrealist classic by Louis Aragon
  

*by T***8 on Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2021*

Aragon, along with Andre Breton and a couple others, were the leading Surrealists in the five or six years following the end of WWI. Paris Peasant is a key novel from this short, intense period. Of course, it’s a ‘novel’ in only the loosest sense. There is no plot or characters, and one of Aragon’s goals was to sweep away such standard trappings in order to force readers to enter his work with no expectations or critical tools. So, in sum, Paris Peasant is not an easy read, especially as it’s not always clear when Aragon is being sincere or sarcastic about a subject in his crosshairs. Additionally, Paris Peasant was published in installments in a Surrealist magazine of the time, so it’s possible that what impresses in small chunks inundates at novel length. But it is a rewarding read if you’re into this sort of thing. There are many passages brimming with beautiful prose poem text, and the largest section of the novel describes a covered arcade in Paris teetering between respectability and disreputability that is so detailed it’s like entering a memory in Albus Dumbledore’s pensieve. It includes scenes of cafes where the young men launching the Surrealist movement met. Thematic purpose is provided through Aragon’s discussions of ‘modern myth’ and the differences and overlaps between metaphysics, logic, and abstraction that lie at the root of Surrealism’s theoretical underpinnings. Not that I necessarily followed all that. To do so, I’d need to spend a lot more time parsing Aragon’s meandering, artsy-fartsy style. And I’m not sure there’d be much point in the effort. The Surrealists prioritized abstract impression over the concrete, which means it’s possible Aragon would have viewed any attempt to ‘understand’ him as tediously bourgeoise. (Exact Change edition)

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    A classic that is entirely too unread.
  

*by B***A on Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2016*

This is an overlooked classic. Aragon challenges our ideas of the novel without getting to over-the-top. It's an intense memoir that takes place in a very small area of Paris.

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    Beyond surrealism.
  

*by Z***M on Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2014*

Beyond surrealism. Aragon knew too well of the pitfalls associated with surrealist writings, and here offers up an extremely lucid portrait of the minutia of Parisian life, only acquired through intense observation, keen understanding, imagination, and a sense of humor.

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