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Geoffrey Wall - Flaubert: A Life - 9780571212392 - KTJ0001565
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Flaubert: A Life

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Description for Flaubert: A Life Paperback. How is it that Flaubert, the last of the great French romantics, still seems so incredibly modern? In this biography, Geoffrey Wall investigates why it is that the author of Madame Bovary still exerts such a hold upon our imaginations. Num Pages: 432 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 33. Weight in Grams: 486. Minor scuffing, otherwise excellent.
In this, the first biography of Flaubert to be written for many years, Geoffrey Wall brilliantly recreates the life and times of a writer of immeasurable talent and influence - a writer who wrote to within an inch of his life and in the process left a body of work that stands comparison with the greatest writers of the age.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Number of pages
432
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571212392
SKU
KTJ0001565
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-2

About Geoffrey Wall
Geoffrey Wall teaches French at the University of York. He also works as a translator, travel writer and literary biographer. His acclaimed translation of Madame Bovary was published in 1992.

Reviews for Flaubert: A Life
'Extraordinarily accomplished... one of the best biographies of this or any other year.' Sunday Telegraph; 'The clearest, most satisfyingly biographical account of Flaubert to date.' Independent

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