The Thief - Darien, Georges
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"We are on the eve of 1900, when decadentism and anarchy join hands to bring the century to an end. Georges Randal, a young man from a good family, an orphan ruined by an indelicate uncle, when the time has come to take on a situation, decides to become a thief. For what? Like that. For nothing. To say no to society, to the bourgeoisie, to order, to the socialists who jiggle on the stage and to the moralists who flush the toilet with humanitarian tears. In short, Randal, like a good nihilist, says no to everything and to the thieves themselves: "I do a dirty job, it's true; but I have an…mehr

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"We are on the eve of 1900, when decadentism and anarchy join hands to bring the century to an end. Georges Randal, a young man from a good family, an orphan ruined by an indelicate uncle, when the time has come to take on a situation, decides to become a thief. For what? Like that. For nothing. To say no to society, to the bourgeoisie, to order, to the socialists who jiggle on the stage and to the moralists who flush the toilet with humanitarian tears. In short, Randal, like a good nihilist, says no to everything and to the thieves themselves: "I do a dirty job, it's true; but I have an excuse: I do it dirty. " Not quite. Because there is in our thief a bit of the Baudelairian dandy, a bit of Arsáene Lupine mixed with Jarry and Alphonse Allais. And an intact, almost virginal taste for revolt, a sensitive and good heart, "beating too well, said Breton, not to hit the walls of the cage in all directions""--
Autorenporträt
Georges Darien (1862–1921) was a writer and noted anarchist. He directed the anarchist weekly periodical L’Escarmouche in the late nineteenth century. His novels have served as the source material for several films, most notably Louis Malle’s The Thief of Paris, adapted from Darien’s The Thief. Jacques Houis is a translator, writer, editor, and former teacher in New York City. His translations include Paul Scarron’s The Comic Romance, Paolo Mieli’s Figures of Space, and Jean-Pierre Cléro’s Lacan and the English Language. André Breton (1896–1966) was a writer and cofounder of the French surrealist movement. With Philippe Soupault, he coauthored the first book of automatic writing, The Magnetic Fields, which was published in a new translation by NYRB Poets in 2020.