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Publication
NYRB Classics (2014), Paperback, 464 pages
Description
"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"--
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LibraryThing member jwhenderson
Among the many titles that compose The Human Comedy are some short works. This collection brings together nine of those works and their quality does not suffer from their limited length. They are imaginative tales with secrets and suspense and more in store for the willing reader.
Language
Original language
French
Physical description
464 p.
ISBN
1590176642 / 9781590176641
Local notes
Facino Cane. Another Study of Womankind. The Red Inn. Sarrasine. A Passion in the Desert. Adieu. Z Marcas. Gobseck. The Duchess of Longeais