Major Whittington. Followed by The Man Who Feeds the Butterflies.
Marguerite Waknine| N° d'inventaire | 23670 |
| Format | 15 x 21 |
| Détails | 88 p., notebook. |
| Publication | Angoulême, 2016 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782916694924 |
Born in Orléans, Charles Barbara (1817-1866) moved to Paris at the age of 24, where he frequented the bohemian scene and became friends with Nadar and Champfleury, and especially Baudelaire. A talented journalist, musician, and writer, Charles Barbara's life, however, remained eventful. He was a dark character, plagued by financial difficulties. His writings, however, appeared in various magazines, such as La Revue de Paris, La Revue française, and L'illustration.
Interned in a nursing home, Charles Barbara committed suicide by jumping out of a window at the age of forty-nine. He is rightly considered today a remarkable author, a precursor of magical realism and the detective novel. And the two magnificent stories brought together here will allow everyone to grasp how much Charles Barbara is indeed, among us, a modern man to be (re)discovered.
Born in Orléans, Charles Barbara (1817-1866) moved to Paris at the age of 24, where he frequented the bohemian scene and became friends with Nadar and Champfleury, and especially Baudelaire. A talented journalist, musician, and writer, Charles Barbara's life, however, remained eventful. He was a dark character, plagued by financial difficulties. His writings, however, appeared in various magazines, such as La Revue de Paris, La Revue française, and L'illustration.
Interned in a nursing home, Charles Barbara committed suicide by jumping out of a window at the age of forty-nine. He is rightly considered today a remarkable author, a precursor of magical realism and the detective novel. And the two magnificent stories brought together here will allow everyone to grasp how much Charles Barbara is indeed, among us, a modern man to be (re)discovered.