The Man Who Was Born Again

by Paul Busson

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Paul Busson's legendary tale of the Baron Melchior. This grim account begins with its hero losing his head during the French Revolution, and really picks up from there, with the good Baron through swashbuckling and amorous activities finally becoming the master of death itself.

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tearaway 3,557 reviews

A fractured and hallucinogenic novella about deja vu, reincarnation and the what it was like to be in an 18th Century European army.

Mar 28, 2025

slickdpdx 84 reviews

Busson's The Man Who Was Born Again is an overlooked gem, reminiscent of Grimmelhausen's Simplicius Simplicissimus and prefiguring Viereck's My First Two Thousand Years.

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