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The Unknown Masterpiece

The Unknown Masterpiece

And, Gambara

by Honore De Balzac
Paperback
Publication Date: 15/09/2006

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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.
ISBN:
9780940322745
9780940322745
Category:
Classic fiction
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
15-09-2006
Publisher:
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
160
Dimensions (mm):
203x125x10mm
Weight:
0.19kg

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