| Bouvard and Pecuchet Contributor(s): Flaubert, Gustave (Author), Polizzotti, Mark (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1564783936 ISBN-13: 9781564783936 Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2005 Annotation: Although unfinished during Flaubert's lifetime, Bouvard and Pecuchet is now considered to be one of his greatest masterpieces. In his own words, the novel is "a kid of encyclopedia made into farce...A book in which I shall spit out my bile." At the center of this novel are Bouvard and Pecuchet, two retired clerks who set out in a search for truth and knowledge with persistent optimism in light of the fact that each new attempt at learning about the world ends with a disaster. In the literary tradition of Rabelais, Cervantes, and Swift, this story is told in that blend of satire and sympathy that only genius can compound, and the reader becomes genuinely fond of these two Don Quixotes of Ideas. In addition to being a new translation, this edition includes Flaubert's Dictionary of Received Ideas. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Humorous - General - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2004063480 |
| Physical Information: 1.09" H x 5.54" W x 8.07" (1.02 lbs) 328 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Although unfinished during his lifetime, Bouvard and P?cuchet is now considered to be one of Flaubert's greatest masterpieces. In his own words, the novel is "a kind of encyclopedia made into farce... A book in which I shall spit out my bile." At the center of this book are Bouvard and P?cuchet, two retired clerks who set out in a search for truth and knowledge with persistent optimism in light of the fact that each new attempt at learning about the world ends in disaster.In the literary tradition of Rabelais, Cervantes, and Swift, this story is told in that blend of satire and sympathy that only genius can compound, and the reader becomes genuinely fond of these two Don Quixotes of Ideas. Apart from being a new translation, this edition includes Flaubert's Dictionary of Received Ideas. |
Contributor Bio(s): Polizzotti, Mark: - Mark Polizzotti is the translator of more than thirty books from the French. His articles and reviews have appeared in The Wall Street Journal and The Nation. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.Flaubert, Gustave: - Known for his scrupulous devotion to his art and perfectionist style, French writer Gustave Flaubert is counted among the greatest Western novelists, and influenced such writers as Franz Kafka and J. M. Coetzee. Flaubert is best known for Madame Bovary, for which he was prosecuted (and acquitted) for offending public morals. His other works of note include Memoirs of a Madman, November, Salammb?, Sentimental Education, and The Temptation of Saint Anthony. His work has been widely adapted for the stage and screen. Flaubert died in 1880. |