Three Tales

Krailsheimer A.J. Flaubert Gustave

ISBN 10: 0199555869 / ISBN 13: 9780199555864

Editore: Oxford University Press, 2009

pp. xxii + 117. Codice articolo 8252681

Riassunto:

Three Tales offers an excellent introduction to the work of one of the world's greatest novelists. A Simple Heart is set in the Normandy of Flaubert's childhood, while Saint Julian and Herodias draw on medieval myth and the biblical story of John the Baptist for their inspiration. Each of the tales invites comparison with one or other of Flaubert's novels, but they also reveal a fresh and distinctive side to the writers's genius.

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Recensione: `A. J. Krailsheimer's new translation adheres more faithfully to Flaubert's idiosyncratic sentence structures...authentically captures the original's elliptical nature, with its ghostly authorial voice.' (Sunday Telegraph)

`Intensely brilliant prose from the acclaimed author of Madame Bovary. These classic tales reflect Flaubert`s talent as a witty narrator and in particular A Simple Heart presents a wonderfully evocative portrait of 19th Century France.' (Wales on Sunday)

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Titolo: Three Tales
Casa editrice: Oxford University Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2009
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: New