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A Life: The Humble Truth
Guy de Maupassant
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Description for A Life: The Humble Truth
Paperback. The first of Maupassant's six novels, A Life (Une Vie) (1883) is the story of Jeanne de Lamare, the only daughter of wealthy Norman aristocrats whose life is beset by treachery and disillusion. Editor(s): Pearson, Roger. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 204.
`every heart imagines itself the first to thrill to a myriad sensations which once stirred the hearts of the earliest creatures and which will again stir the hearts of the last men and women to walk the earth' What is a life? How shall a storyteller conceive a life? What if art means pattern and life has none? How, then, can any story be true to life? These are some of the questions which inform the first of Maupassant's six novels, A Life (Une Vie) (1883) in which he sought to parody and expose the folly of ... Read more
`every heart imagines itself the first to thrill to a myriad sensations which once stirred the hearts of the earliest creatures and which will again stir the hearts of the last men and women to walk the earth' What is a life? How shall a storyteller conceive a life? What if art means pattern and life has none? How, then, can any story be true to life? These are some of the questions which inform the first of Maupassant's six novels, A Life (Une Vie) (1883) in which he sought to parody and expose the folly of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Weight
204g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199555512
SKU
V9780199555512
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About Guy de Maupassant
Roger Pearson is Professor of French at the University of Oxford and Praelector in French at The Queen's College, Oxford.
Reviews for A Life: The Humble Truth
In general, he [Pearson] shows himself sensitive to the various registers that Maupassant employs, and manages to convey the wistful flavour of this story of a largely disappointing life.
Robin Buss, TLS
It is possible to smile at the consistently downbeat tone, while at the same time admiring this finely constructed, austerely written tale.
Robin Buss, TLS ... Read more
Robin Buss, TLS
It is possible to smile at the consistently downbeat tone, while at the same time admiring this finely constructed, austerely written tale.
Robin Buss, TLS ... Read more