| The Unknown Masterpiece Revised Edition Contributor(s): Balzac, Honoré de (Author), Danto, Arthur C. (Introduction by), Howard, Richard (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0940322749 ISBN-13: 9780940322745 Publisher: New York Review of Books OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2000 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Psychological |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2001000399 |
| Series: New York Review Books Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 4.98" W x 7.97" (0.37 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |