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The Parisian Prowler: Le Spleen de Paris, Petits Poemes en Prose Paperback – Illustrated, January 1, 1997

by Charles Baudelaire (Author), Edward K. Kaplan (Translator)
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From Edouard Manet to T. S. Eliot to Jim Morrison, the reach of Charles Baudelaire's influence is beyond estimation. In this prize-winning translation of his no-longer-neglected masterpiece, Baudelaire offers a singular view of 1850s Paris. Evoking a mélange of reactions, these fifty "fables of modern life" take us on various tours led by a flâneur, an incognito stroller.

Through day and night, in gleaming cafés and filthy side streets, this alienated yet compassionate esthete muses on the bizarre in the commonplace, the sublime in the mundane. As the work reveals a teeming metropolis on the eve of great change, we see a Paris as contradictory, surprising, and ultimately unknowable as our guide himself. Superbly complemented by twenty-one period illustrations by Delacroix, Callot, Manet, Whistler, Baudelaire himself, and others, The Parisian Prowler is an essential companion to Les Fleurs du Mal and other works by the father of modern poetry. In the preface to this edition, translator Edward K. Kaplan explains how the volume's illustrations act as a graphic subtext to the narrator's observations.

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  2. Language
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    University of Georgia Press
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    January 1, 1997
  5. Dimensions
    5 x 0.6 x 8.5 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0820318795
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0820318790
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Georgia Press; 2nd edition (January 1, 1997)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 154 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0820318795
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0820318790
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.6 x 8.5 inches
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Unworthy translation of Paris Spleen.
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Unworthy translation of Paris Spleen.
This is the absolute worst translation of Baudelaire ever, and I have them all. DO NOT BUY THIS. Instead get the New Directions version, translated masterfully by Louise Varese.
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Ma Rainey Gland
5.0 out of 5 stars why i enjoy this translation so much
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2015
the humorous bits are actually funny.
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Bora Alioglu
5.0 out of 5 stars good stuff
Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2004
i have several translations of le spleen de paris( in turkish) and want to say that these i have is not good in print, not well organized.but this book, with lots of painting of which painters baudelaire himself mentioned in his essays concerning modern painting and two are painted by baudelaire. a masterpiece is born from a masterpiece.
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3.0 out of 5 stars I thought the title was deceptive, partly my fault.
Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2011
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I bought this book because the title included the words "Le Spleen de Paris. Petits Poèmes en prose" leading me to believe the French originals were therefore included, but they are not.

The 21 black and white drawings, prints, etc. were nice but did not make up for the lack of the French originals.

PS It only has 138 pages not 154 as described.
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August Canaille
1.0 out of 5 stars Unworthy translation of Paris Spleen.
Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2019
This is the absolute worst translation of Baudelaire ever, and I have them all. DO NOT BUY THIS. Instead get the New Directions version, translated masterfully by Louise Varese.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Unworthy translation of Paris Spleen.
Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2019
This is the absolute worst translation of Baudelaire ever, and I have them all. DO NOT BUY THIS. Instead get the New Directions version, translated masterfully by Louise Varese.
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