- Published: 15 October 2009
- ISBN: 9781590172605
- Imprint: NY Review Books
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 200
- RRP: $36.00
Alien Hearts
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- Published: 15 October 2009
- ISBN: 9781590172605
- Imprint: NY Review Books
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 200
- RRP: $36.00
"The author of 'Boule de Suif,' 'Bel Ami,' 'Notre Coeur' [Alien Hearts], and so many other popular works of fiction was not an Academician, but the Immortals held him in esteem, not only because he could tell his stories well, but also by reason of the fact that he told them in that faultless French which he had studied when under the literary tutelage of Gustave Flaubert." -New York Times "[Maupassant] is brilliantly clever." -Henry James "He is the best of the popular novelists." -Arthur Symons "[Maupassant] is so relentlessly artistic that he puts the fear of philosophy in your heart." -New York Times "Maupassant is the world's most accomplished of narrators." -Joseph Conrad Praise for Afloat: "Douglas Parmee's fresh new translation brings to light a book that, more so than any of his renowned short stories, shows Maupassant the man, as he might have been known to contemporary readers of his copious journalism in fin de siecle Paris." -NY Sun "In this deceptively simple way, he is a heart-stopping writer...like all the best travel books, it embraces reflections on a variety of subjects unconnected with travel...It has spontaneity, gaiety and freshness." --Daily Telegraph