The Thief
$37.08
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
17 November 2026
Summary
Made into a 1967 film by Louis Malle and never before available in English, this classic of anarchist literature follows a once well-to-do young man forced into an itinerant life of crime.
The Thief is a picture of the sleezy underbelly of the Belle Époque, a broadside fired against the corruptions of power and privilege. Written by the anarchist activist Georges Darien (a pseudonym that can be translated as “Lord Nothing”), it found almost no readers when it came out at the …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781681378121 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1681378124 |
| Author: | Georges Darien, Jacques Houis |
| Publisher: | New York Review Books |
| Imprint: | NYRB Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 17 November 2026 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 127mm |
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About The Author
Georges Darien
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 Clero’s Lacan and the English Language.
Andre 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.
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