Balzac - Couverture rigide

Pritchett, V. S.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 039448357X ISBN 13 : 9780394483573

Editeur : Knopf, Alfred A., 1973

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Balzac was one of the founding geniuses among the world's great novelists. V. S. Pritchett presents a life-size portrait of the man inside the artist, the exuberant, uncouth provincial who combined encyclopaedic knowledge with the life of an exhibitionist and a would-be dandy, a gourmet, a disastrous financial speculator, a successful pursuer of aristocratic women, a born salesman and an untiring traveller. Yet, with some truth, Balzac called himself a monk, working his sixteen hours a day and keeping going on an ocean of strong coffee. When he died, he left the huge monument of the Com-die Humaine, an unsurpassed picture of French society from the rise and fall of Napoleon until the revolution of 1848.

Biographie de l'auteur

VS Pritchett was a novelist, short-story writer, critic and traveller. He was the leading critic of the New Statesman.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Knopf, Alfred A.
• Date d'édition: 1973
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 039448357X
• ISBN 13: 9780394483573
• Reliure: Relié
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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