Le Chef-D'Œuvre Inconnu

Honoré de Balzac

Publié par Findakly, le 19 janvier 1998

49 pages

Résumé

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.

Une fille D'Ève

La Grande Bretèche

Histoire des Treize: Ferragus; La Duchesse de Langeais; La Fille aux yeux d'or

La Femme Abandonnee

Le Colonel Chabert

Le Chef-D'Oeuvre Inconnu / Sarrasine

Le Colonel Chabert

Pathologie de la vie sociale

Critiques