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"Renard's way with the detail is unforgettable. Renard writes about spiders, about the moon, and the poetry he makes from the things his eyes tell him is joyful."
--Michael Silverblatt, Bookworm "Renard's people--and animals and plants, too--are not reflections of Renard. They are not metaphors for his moods. They are not steps in his argument. They are as close as he can come to describing being someone or something not Renard. Renard's truthfulness is the truthfulness of a scrupulous, disinterested witness. You trust him as you trust a Quaker."
--Naomi Bliven, The New Yorker "directly, or indirectly, Renard is at the origin of contemporary literature." --Jean-Paul Sartre "There is no real equivalent for the French word esprit which is somewhere between and beyond humor and wit and which is essentially what these short commentaries on the bird and animal world display." --Kirkus Reviews "The farmyard beasts, hunted game, insects and birds of the Nièvre were world enough for him [Renard]. Sometimes their activities add up to a story, sometimes an extended observation; or they might just provide a joyful moment--for instance, when a kingfisher comes and perches on his fishing-rod ('I was swelling with pride at having been taken for a tree'). And on almost every page there are brilliant descriptions and comparisons." - Julian Barnes, London Review of Books
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--Michael Silverblatt, Bookworm "Renard's people--and animals and plants, too--are not reflections of Renard. They are not metaphors for his moods. They are not steps in his argument. They are as close as he can come to describing being someone or something not Renard. Renard's truthfulness is the truthfulness of a scrupulous, disinterested witness. You trust him as you trust a Quaker."
--Naomi Bliven, The New Yorker "directly, or indirectly, Renard is at the origin of contemporary literature." --Jean-Paul Sartre "There is no real equivalent for the French word esprit which is somewhere between and beyond humor and wit and which is essentially what these short commentaries on the bird and animal world display." --Kirkus Reviews "The farmyard beasts, hunted game, insects and birds of the Nièvre were world enough for him [Renard]. Sometimes their activities add up to a story, sometimes an extended observation; or they might just provide a joyful moment--for instance, when a kingfisher comes and perches on his fishing-rod ('I was swelling with pride at having been taken for a tree'). And on almost every page there are brilliant descriptions and comparisons." - Julian Barnes, London Review of Books
Jules Renard (1864-1910) was a French author and a member of the Académie Goncourt, most famous for the works Poil de carotte (Carrot Hair) and Histoires naturelles (Nature Stories). Among his other works are Le Plaisir de rompre (The Pleasure of Breaking) and Huit jours à la campagne (Eight Days in the Countryside). His Journal was published in the United States in 2008. Douglas Parmée (1914-2008) translated works by Flaubert, Zola, Baudelaire, and Chamfort, among others, including the NYRB Classics titles The Child by Jules Valle`s and Afloat by Guy de Maupassant.
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