A Parisian Affair and Other Stories
A Fiction, Literature, French Literature book. The place reeked of vice and corruption and the dregs of...
Set in the nouveau riche Paris of society women, prostitutes, and playboys; in the Normandy countryside; and on the French Riviera where Maupassant had lived, the thirty-four short stories in this volume are among the most darkly humorous and brilliant in French literature. They focus on the complexity of close relationships: between lovers, as in the poignant fantasy 'A Parisian Affair' or the touchingly ironical 'The Jewels'; between siblings, as in 'At Sea'; and between former partners, as in 'Encounter.' They reveal two sides of human nature: its grace and generosity and also, as in 'Boule de Suif,' its...
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- Pages: 322 pages
- ISBN: 9780140448122 / 140448128
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What is the use of fine feelings when pitted against the power of instinct? And what chance does modest restraint have against that of natural desire? Guy de Maupassant, A Parisian Affair and Other Stories // He stared fixedly at the opposite bank where an angler was fishing, his line perfectly still. All of a sudden the man jerked out of the water a little sliver fish which wriggled at the end of his line. Twisting and turning it this way and that he tried to extract his hook, but in vain. Losing patience he started pulling and, as he did so, tore out the entire bloody gullet of the fish with parts of its intestines attached. Paul shuddered, feeling himself equally torn apart. It seemed to him that the hook was like his own love and that if he were to tear... On the land adjoining La Grenouillre strollers were sauntering under the gigantic trees which help to make this part of the island one of the most delightful parks imaginable. Busty women with peroxided hair and nipped-in waists could be seen, made up to the nines with blood red lips and black-kohled eyes. Tightly laced into their garish dresses they trailed in all their vulgar glory over the fresh green grass. They were accompanied by men whose fashion-plate accessories, light gloves, patent-leather boots, canes as slender as threads and absurd monocles...
A most pleasurable French classic reading experience is a cert when cracking open a Maupassant. This selection of 35 shorts from Flauberts protg titillates, amuses, and shocks (in a mild manner), leading with the fabulous Boule De Suif, a brilliant skewering of the hypocritical aristocracy of the period, followed by the titular tale,... Maupassant is a brilliant story teller. More brilliant than the epic novel writers in my opinion because Maupassant must tell an interesting story in a few pages before moving to a new story. The best part is the stories are so insightful into human nature that it covers everything from vanity, love, jealousy, love between birds, voluntary... Likely to be one of the greatest collections of short stories I'll read. "Regret" held such painfully familiar descriptions, while told beautifully. Almost every story connected to some deeper sadness or memory of happiness in me. Brilliant.
