Marthe: The Story of a Whore - Brossura

Huysmans, J. K.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1903517478 ISBN 13: 9781903517475

Casa editrice: Dedalus Ltd, 2006

Riassunto

This new translation by Brendan King is the first for nearly fifty years. Capturing the lively linguistic inventiveness of the original, it also includes an introduction and comprehensive notes.
First published in 1876, Marthe was an important landmark in J.-K. Huysmans's literary career and propelled him into the growing ranks of the Naturalist movement, then beginning to take shape under Zola's direction. Marthe was one of the first French novels to tackle head-on the subject of prostitution, a theme that was to become a central preoccupation in the work of many novelists, painters and poets. Set in and around the demi-monde of the Parisian music hall, it centres on a would-be actress, Marthe, who works in one of the lowest dives in Paris, and tells the story of her brief and ultimately doomed relationship with Leo, a romantic searching for something to take the place of his lost illusions.

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Book by Huysmans JorisKarl King Brendan

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• Editore: Dedalus Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1903517478
• ISBN 13: 9781903517475
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 149