Unknown Masterpiece - Honore de Balzac - Paperback

A New York Review Books OriginalOne 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.Balzac, Honoré de is the author of 'Unknown Masterpiece - Honore de Balzac - Paperback' with ISBN 9780916870553 and ISBN 0916870553.