The unknown masterpiece ; and, Gambara / Honoré de Balzac ; translated by Richard Howard ; introduction by Arthur C. Danto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Howard, Richard, 1929-2022.

Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850.

Series:

New York Review Books classics

Standardized Title:

Chef d'oeuvre inconnu. English

Language:

English

French

Genre:

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxvii, 135 pages ; 21 cm.

Other Title:

Unknown masterpiece ; and, Gambara

Place of Publication:

New York : New York Review Books, 2001.

Summary:

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.

Related Work:

Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Gambara. English.

Contains:

Gambara.

ISBN:

0940322749

OCLC:

45784208