The Unknown Masterpiece - Honoré de Balzac, Richard Howard (Translator) torrent

Category: Adults, Classic, General Fiction, Literature
Language: English
Keywords: 19th Century Art Classics Fiction France French Literature Literature Novella Novels Short Stories

Written by Honoré de Balzac, Richard Howard (Translator)
Read by Katie Haigh
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

One of Honoré 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 Cézanne, 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.

Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
Release date: 02-25-16