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The human comedy : selected stories

Title
The human comedy : selected stories / Honoré de Balzac ; edited and with an introduction by Peter Brooks ; translated from the French by Linda Asher, Carol Cosman, Jordan Stump.
Author
Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850.
Publication
New York : New York Review Books, [2014]

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Additional Authors
  • Brooks, Peter, 1938-
  • Asher, Linda
  • Cosman, Carol
  • Stump, Jordan, 1959-
Description
xxi, 428 pages; 21 cm.
Summary
"We think of Honore Balzac as the author of long and fully upholstered novels, stitched together into the magnificent visionary document called The Human Comedy. Yet along with the full-length fiction within The Human Comedy stand many shorter works, and it's here that we get some of his most daring explorations of crime, sexuality, and artistic creation. As Marcel Proust noted, it is in these tales that we detect, under the surface, the mysterious circulation of blood and desire. All are newly translated by three outstanding translators who restore the freshness of Balzac's vivid and highly colored prose"--
Series Statement
New York Review Books Classics
Uniform Title
  • Comédie humaine. Selections. English
  • New York Review Books classics.
Alternative Title
Comédie humaine.
Subjects
Note
  • Translation of: Comédie humaine (selections).
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Language (note)
  • Translated from the French.
Contents
Facino Cane -- Another study of womankind -- The red inn -- Sarrasine -- A passion in the desert -- Adieu -- Z. Marcas -- Gobseck -- The Duchesse de Langeais.
Call Number
JFD 14-1560
ISBN
  • 9781590176641 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1590176642 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781590176986 (ebk.)
  • 1590176987 (ebk.)
LCCN
2013026922
OCLC
841229362
Author
Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850.
Title
The human comedy : selected stories / Honoré de Balzac ; edited and with an introduction by Peter Brooks ; translated from the French by Linda Asher, Carol Cosman, Jordan Stump.
Publisher
New York : New York Review Books, [2014]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
New York Review Books Classics
New York Review Books classics.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Language
Translated from the French.
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Added Author
Brooks, Peter, 1938- editor.
Asher, Linda, translator.
Cosman, Carol, translator.
Stump, Jordan, 1959- translator.
Research Call Number
JFD 14-1560
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