Masters and Servants / Pierre Michon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Michon, Pierre, Author.

Contributor:

Mason, Wyatt

Series:

Margellos world republic of letters book.

The Margellos World Republic of Letters

Standardized Title:

Maîtres et serviteurs. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short stories, French--Translations into English.

Short stories, French.

French fiction--Translations into English.

French fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

One of Pierre Michon's most powerful works, this book imagines decisive moments in the lives of five artists of different times and places: Vincent van Gogh, Francisco Goya, Antoine Watteau, Claude Lorrain, and Lorentino, a little-remembered disciple of Piero della Francesca. Michon focuses on particular moments when artist and model collide, whether that model is a person or a landscape, inner or outer. In the five separate tales he evokes the full passion of the artist's struggle to capture the world in images even as the world resists capture. Each story is a small masterpiece that transcends national boundaries and earns its place among the essential works of world literature.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

The Life of Joseph Roulin

God Is Never Through

"... Io mi voglio divertir"

The King of the Wood

Notes

Notes:

Translated from the French.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

Other Edition:

First edition: Short stories. English. Selections. 1562791036 Michon, Pierre, 1945- 1st ed. San Francisco : Mercury House, c1997

ISBN:

9780300199055

0300199058

OCLC:

859834497