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I enjoyed the book immensely when it comes to Louis Aragon’s Paris Peasant, even though the text started as somewhat confusing for me. Though, what I found most interesting about the text was the plot, or rather the lack of plot in the story. Much of the novel tends to describe different locations in the city […] read full post >>

Before I read this week, I decided to watch the lecture before reading rather than afterward like I did last week. It really helped me to grasp at themes to expect while reading. I really kept in mind Professor Jon’s question of “how does Aragon view or depict the passage of time? What sense of …

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Hey everyone!  I was really excited to read the Paris Peasant because unlike the last book we were reading a... read full post >>

When I began reading this book I felt as if I was keeping up with understanding what Aragon was describing, but soon after, maybe 15 pages in, I realized I actually wasn’t. Many times throughout my reading, I found myself retracing over previous pages or trying to make sense of it for minutes at a […] read full post >>

Although I felt that this book started a bit slow and the syntax style wasn’t my personal favourite, I really enjoyed this read. I thought that the setting was especially great and made every scene feel like it was being surrounded by beauty within the city. I think though that having a better knowledge of […] read full post >>

I didn’t expect to find Paris Peasant so interesting, but I really did enjoy reading it. Between the French setting and the persistent attention to detail, it sort of made me feel like I was revisiting Les Misérables – if Les Misérables had been narrated by some kind of immortal being with intense nostalgia and an unstable grip […] read full post >>

Paris Peasant by Louis Aragon was certainly an interesting read. It was unlike anything I have read before as a teen or young adult. The strange use of vocabulary, grammar, fonts, textures and the insertion of random signs and posters gave the book a c... read full post >>

Paris Peasant by Louis Aragon was certainly an interesting read. It was unlike anything I have read before as a teen or young adult. The strange use of vocabulary, grammar, fonts, textures and the insertion of random signs and posters gave the book a c... read full post >>

Words like historic, romanic and chic are a part of my common vocabulary when I think about Paris. However, through reading Aragon’s “Paris Peasant” (1994) , I was offered an opportunity to imagine a distinctively different Paris. In his vivid descriptions … Continue reading → read full post >>

Louis Aragon’s Paris Peasant is the first surrealist novel that I’ve read. While it isn’t the first surrealist work of fiction that I’ve ever experienced, shows like FLCL and films like Midsommar, and DOPE exemplify the deeply psychological and blurry narratives archetypical of surrealist fiction. However, Paris Peasant acts as a landmark of surrealist literature […] read full post >>