Kuyo yonke imisinga enqumleze iYurophu yakudala, enye yezona zinto ziphakanyiswayo yi-bohemian, eye yaba yenye yeendlela zokuqala zokulima ulutsha, phantse ngaphandle kwenkqubo, njengoko kwenzekayo kamva nentshukumo yehippie, ngokuqinisekileyo, akukho nto intsha. Kuyinyani ukuba i-bohemianism yase-Paris igqibe ukurhuqa zonke iintlobo ze-scoundrels zayo yonke iminyaka, kodwa ukumelwa okwangoku lolutsha olungenasiphelo olunikezelwe kulingo, kwi-hedonism emelene ne-nihilism.
Ngaphandle kokumbeka ngokwembali eParis njengentliziyo yakhe, kum i-magnum opus yakhe ngu «Imifanekiso kaDorian Grey»Ngu-Oscar Wilde owayemele obona bomi phakathi kwezithunzi ze-hedonism, phakathi kwe-wisps yefilosofi yokulinga, kunye nolo cingo lokugqibela lwengcinga yoyikiso enokuthi ibe kukuvuka kokunikezela ikamva ebomini ngaphandle kwemithetho. Ndifuna ukwazi ukuba indlela yokuphila enxulunyaniswa neParis ukusukela phakathi kwinkulungwane yeshumi elinesithoba ifunyenwe kwezinye iindawo. Kodwa kufuneka ufunde le ncwadi kuphela ukuze uqiniseke ukuba kunjalo.
Kule noveli kaNieves García Bautista sizicwilisa kwiBohemian Paris kwiindlela ezahlukeneyo. Ukuhlala kuyo situ ngokusebenzisa uLeón Carbó emva kwi-1888, inkwenkwe evela e-Barcelona enenjongo yohlengahlengiso lukatata, phambi kokuvezwa kwakhe kuzo zonke iintlobo zobungozi, iphela ithunyelwa eParis engagqibi kugxila kwiingxaki zakhe. I-la douce nuite kunye nemagnethi yakhe kumenza abe yenye yeengcali ezinobuchule ezihamba phakathi kokushicilelwa kwesidingo sakhe esichazayo kunye nokuzinikezela kwakhe kuvavanyo lwazo zonke iintlobo zolonwabo kunye neengozi.
Ukusuka kuLeón Carbó kunye nomfanekiso womzobo (sifumana umbono kaDorian Grey) apho kubanjwa khona umoya kaLeon, ngezinto azifumeneyo kunye nebhinqa elinobungqingili ngaphandle kwaloo mzobo, siqhubela phambili kunye nabalinganiswa abatsha Gcwalisa indawo ebilayo ye-bohemian, yezo ntsuku zokufunyanwa kwenkcubeko njengentshukumo yenguqu.
Ibali likaLeón kunye nomfazi oyindumasi kubonakala ngathi uyanyamalala phakathi kobusuku baseParis ngasekupheleni kwenkulungwane yeshumi elinesithoba. Nangona kunjalo intambo encinci izisa kulo mhla, igqitha ekukhanyeni kwamaqhina kwinkulungwane yamashumi amabini yokuqala kwaye ifikelele kwixesha langoku lezihlobo ezimbalwa ezithi, zisebenzise ithuba lomsebenzi, zithathe iprojekthi endala malunga nenoveli. Ibali eliqale ngeentsuku zabo zobutsha, xa bejonga kwiintsuku kwaye ngakumbi ubusuku be-bohemia babenza bavutha ngumnqweno osikhokelayo kubo bonke ubungqina bokugqibela baloo mihla: imisebenzi yabadali babo kunye nokusonjululwa kohlobo Imfihlelo ekhoyo malunga nomfazi ojongeka, ngaphandle komzobo, nokuba ngubani na opeyintayo.
Ungayithenga inoveli Umfazi ngaphandle kweBhokisi, incwadi entsha kaNieves García Bautista, apha: