Candide, Ou L'Optimisme (Dans La Meme Collection) - Softcover

Voltaire

 
9782011685490: Candide, Ou L'Optimisme (Dans La Meme Collection)

Synopsis

Voltaire promène Candide, son personnage naïf, à la surface du globe. Sous sa plume incisive, Candide se fait des amis mais aussi des ennemis, retrouve Cunégonde puis la perd, devient riche et se fait voler…. Autant de déconvenues qui vont réveiller sa conscience, aiguiser son jugement et nourrir notre propre réflexion.

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About the Author

Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet) (1694--1778) was one of the key thinkers of the European Enlightenment. Of his many works, "Candide" remains the most popular.
Peter Constantine was awarded the 1998 PEN Translation Award for "Six Early Stories "by Thomas Mann and the 1999 National Translation Award for "The Undiscovered Chekhov: Forty-three New Stories." Widely acclaimed for his recent translation of the complete works of Isaac Babel, he also translated Gogol's "Taras Bulba" and Tolstoy's "The Cossacks "for the Modern Library. His translations of fiction and poetry have appeared in many publications, including "The New Yorker, Harper's," and "Paris Review. "He lives in New York City.

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