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1. The little good-for-nothing : (Le petit chose) / from the French of Alphonse Daudet ; by Mary Neal Sherwood by Alphonse (1840-1897) Daudet | |
Hardcover:
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(1878)
Asin: B000MXHCWY Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
2. Tartarin De Tarascon by Alphonse, 1840-1897 Daudet | |
Kindle Edition:
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(2000-10-01)
list price: US$0.99 -- used & new: US$0.99 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: B000JQU7LC Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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3. Tartarin of Tarascon by Alphonse, 1840-1897 Daudet | |
Kindle Edition:
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(1999-08-01)
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Tartarin de Tarascon
I feel blessed to have read it |
4. The Nabob by Alphonse, 1840-1897 Daudet | |
Kindle Edition:
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(2000-02-01)
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5. The NABOB.A Story of Parisian Life and Manners. Translated by E. Clavequin. by Alphonse [1840 - 1897]. Daudet | |
Hardcover:
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(1887)
Asin: B000XY65WK Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
6. In the Land of Pain by Alphonse Daudet | |
Hardcover: 112
Pages
(2003-01-07)
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Morbid Yet Poignant
Schadenrelief is my basic reaction to just about everything
"My Anguish Is Great, and I Weep As I Write" Other works in the same genre include Montaigne's long essay "Of Experience" and Tolstoy's novelette THE DEATH OF IVAN ILYICH. Somehow we would all like to think that we will escape pain and die softly like a snowflake evaporating in pure air. If we were all Zen masters, we could die like the sages in Yoel Hoffmann's brilliant collection, JAPANESE DEATH POEMS: Inhale, exhale Though not well known to English-speaking readers, Alphone Daudet was considered one of the greatest French novelists of the late 19th century. A full forty years before his death, he contracted syphilis around the age of 17. Around the age of 40, Daudet's illness reached the tertiary stage; and he was bedeviled by a symphony of pain that attacked his various organs, sometimes with brief remissions before new and more awful symptoms appeared. It is ironical that, were he alive today, Daudet would be cured by antibiotics; and Montaigne's kidney stones, possibly by medications, possibly by a routine surgery. British novelist Julian Barnes edited this collection of fragments. It takes only a couple of hours to read, but I guarantee that this book will leave echoes in your mind about the battles you yourself may face as you reach the endgame.
Insightful, poetic view of pain, death and graciousness Julian Barnes' translation is excellent - footnotes are provided that identify people, places, medicines that are unfamilar.Two short essays on Daudet and syphlis complete the book. While this book may not appear to be high on the to-be-read-list, it deserves a place near the top.
Riveting Literary Analysis of Chronic Physical Pain Daudet's weapon in his decade long struggle with his pain were his notebooks, which were filled with precise description and irony. (He finally died at age 57.) This sounds like a recipe for self-absorption, but there is very little ego in this book. Daudet approached his pain almost as a puzzle to be solved, not as an invitation for people to feel sorry for him. Barnes provides descriptions of Daudet's gallant response to his illness. Barnes quotes Philip Larkin: "courage is not frightening the others" and Daudet seems to have believed that as well. He was haunted by the thought of burdening his devoted wife and children, but agrees that his family responsibilities actually help him cope. The effort of writing seems to have been cathartic for Daudet, and the reader is filled with a similar feeling of cheerfulness at having faced things squarely. Daudet had little use for religion: but at one point he admits that most people are not made happy by either good fortune or good health. He sighs, "all we lack is a sense of the divine." He carried on anyway, and this small, grim book may also help you too, in a way more sentimental books can't ... Read more |
7. LA Belle-Nivernaise, and Other Stories (Short Story Index Reprint Series) by Alphonse Daudet | |
Hardcover: 221
Pages
(1977-06)
list price: US$18.95 -- used & new: US$18.95 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0836936434 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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