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Condition
Very Good: A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition. No ...
ISBN
0940322749
EAN
9780940322745
Date of Publication
2000-08-31
Publication Name
N/A
Type
Paperback / softback
Release Title
The Unknown Masterpiece (NYRB Classics S.): And, Gambara (New ...
Artist
Honore de Balzac
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
New York Review of Books, Incorporated, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
0940322749
ISBN-13
9780940322745
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1797184

Product Key Features

Book Title
Unknown Masterpiece
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2000
Topic
Psychological, Classics, Literary
Genre
Fiction
Author
Honoré de Balzac
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
6.6 Oz
Item Length
7.9 in
Item Width
4.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2001-000399
Reviews
"The greatest novelist of the nineteenth century and perhaps of all time." - The New York Times "The hero of The Unknown Masterpiece , Frenhofer, is one of Balzac's archetypal artists. . ." - TheWashington Post, "The greatest novelist of the nineteenth century and perhaps of all time." -The New York Times "The hero ofThe Unknown Masterpiece, Frenhofer, is one of Balzac's archetypal artists. . ." -TheWashington Post
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The story, which has served as an inspiration to artists as various as Cézanne, Henry James, Picasso, and New Wave director Jacques Rivette, is, in critic Dore Ashton's words, a "fable of modern art.", A New York Review Books Original One of Honore de Balzac's most celebrated tales, "The Unknown Masterpiece" is the story of a painter who, depending on one's perspective, is either an abject failure or a transcendental genius-or both. The story, which has served as an inspiration to artists as various as Cezanne, Henry James, Picasso, and New Wave director Jacques Rivette, is, in critic Dore Ashton's words, a "fable of modern art." Published here in a new translation by poet Richard Howard, "The Unknown Masterpiece" appears, as Balzac intended, with "Gambara," a grotesque and tragic novella about a musician undone by his dreams., A New York Review Books Original One of Honor de Balzac's most celebrated tales, "The Unknown Masterpiece" is the story of a painter who, depending on one's perspective, is either an abject failure or a transcendental genius--or both. The story, which has served as an inspiration to artists as various as C zanne, Henry James, Picasso, and New Wave director Jacques Rivette, is, in critic Dore Ashton's words, a "fable of modern art." Published here in a new translation by poet Richard Howard, "The Unknown Masterpiece" appears, as Balzac intended, with "Gambara," a grotesque and tragic novella about a musician undone by his dreams.
LC Classification Number
PQ2163.C4E5 2001

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