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The first English translation of the French novel in more than a century offers a faithful rendering of the complex story of an artist who falls for a woman whose abuse at the hands of her husband makes her emotionally detached and unattainable. Original.
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Maupassant is so relentlessly artistic that he puts the fear of philosophy in your heart. --The New York Times
[Maupassant] is so relentlessly artistic that he puts the fear of philosophy in your heart. --The New York Times
About the Author:
[Maupassant] is so relentlessly artistic that he puts the fear of philosophy in your heart. --The New York Times
Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893), after serving in the Franco-Prussian War, became a close friend of Flaubert and his circle. He wrote hundreds of short stories as well as novels and verse. In his later years, he suffered from mental illness, and he died in an asylum.
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- PublisherThe New York Review of Books, Inc
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 1590171055
- ISBN 13 9781590171059
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages232
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