The unknown masterpiece
by Honoré de Balzac
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"One of 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. This work, which has served as an inspiration to artists as various as Cezanne, Henry James, Picasso, and New Wave film director Jacques Rivette, is, in critic Dore Ashton's words, a "fable of modern art."".
"Published here in an outstanding new translation by the poet Richard Howard, The Unknown Masterpiece appears, as Balzac intended, with Gambara, a grotesque and tragic novella about a composer undone by his dreams."--BOOK JACKET.
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The Unknown Masterpiece
December 8, 2005, Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Paperback
in English
1425462219 9781425462215
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The unknown masterpiece: and, Gambara
2001, New York Review Books
in English
0940322749 9780940322745
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The Unknown Masterpiece: Signed Limited Edition of 50 Copies with Original Paintings Used for the Binding
1996, Enitharmon Press
Leather-bound
1870612922 9781870612920
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