Journal 1887-1910 (riverrun editions)
an exclusive new selection of the astounding French classic
- Hardcover
384 pages
- Release Date
29 March 2021
Summary
‘As a mayor, I am responsible for the upkeep of rural roads; as poet, I prefer to see them neglected.’
Jules Renard was a French literary figure of the late nineteenth century. Not a Parisian but a committed countryman, he was elected mayor in 1904 of the tiny village of Citry-le-Mines in a remote part of northern Burgundy. He had the soul of a rustic bourgeois but the ambition of a metropolitan, and his wife’s money allowed him to move in elevated circles, though he seemed an awkward…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781787475595 |
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| ISBN-10: | 178747559X |
| Author: | Jules Renard, Julian Barnes |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | riverrun |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 29 March 2021 |
| Weight: | 504g |
| Dimensions: | 220mm x 144mm x 40mm |
| Series: | riverrun editions |
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Critics Review
Well over 100 years later, his writing is still fresh because it retains the tang of curiosity… He writes with such grace, and with such attention, that before long you begin to feel his Journals are not just writings about life, but life itself. * Mail on Sunday *
About The Author
Jules Renard
Jules Renard (1864 - 1910) was a French author and member of the Academie Goncourt. He wrote plays, journalism and fiction, as well as his famous and well-loved Journal.
Julian Barnes is the author of thirteen novels, including The Sense of an Ending, which won the 2011 Man Booker Prize and Flaubert’s Parrot. He has also written a book of essays on French themes Something to Declare, a collection of Franco-British short stories, Cross Channel, and translated Alphonse Daudet’s In the Land of Pain. In 2017, he was awarded the Legion d’honneur.
Theo Cuffe has translated Voltaire’s Candide and a collection of his philosophical tales (Micromegas & Other Short Fictions) for Penguin Classics.
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