Librería Samer Atenea
Kálamo Books
Librería Elías (Asturias)
Librería Kolima (Madrid)
Librería Proteo (Málaga)
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.
