Le Calvaire

Le Calvaire

by Octave Mirbeau
Le Calvaire

Le Calvaire

by Octave Mirbeau

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Overview

"Le Calvaire" d'Octave Mirbeau est une œuvre puissante qui explore les aspects sombres de la nature humaine et de la société. L'histoire suit Jean Mintié, un jeune artiste, qui, après avoir connu le succès, plonge dans un abîme de souffrance et de désespoir. Mirbeau examine la cruauté de la vie, la corruption morale, et la manière dont la société peut broyer les individus. Le personnage principal, en quête de beauté et d'authenticité, se retrouve confronté à l'indifférence du monde et à la trahison. "Le Calvaire" expose la tension entre les idéaux esthétiques et la réalité brutale de l'existence. L'écriture de Mirbeau est poignante et provocante, soulevant des questions profondes sur la nature humaine et la société.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9788822844453
Publisher: Octave Mirbeau
Publication date: 09/15/2016
Sold by: StreetLib SRL
Format: eBook
File size: 2 MB
Language: French

About the Author

Octave Mirbeau (1848-1917) was a French journalist, art critic, travel writer, pamphleteer, novelist, and playwright, who achieved celebrity in Europe and great success among the public, while still appealing to the literary and artistic avant-garde. His work has been translated into thirty languages

Christine Donougher was born in England in 1954. She read English at Cambridge University and after a career in publishing is now a freelance translator of French and Italian. Her translation of The Book of Nights won the 1992 Scott Moncrieff Translation Prize. Her translations from French for Dedalus are seven novels by Sylvie Germain: The Book of Nights, Night of Amber, Days of Anger, The Book of Tobias, Invitation to a Journey, The Song of False Lovers and Magnus, Enigma by Rezvani, The Experience of the Night by Marcel Bealu, Le Calvaire by Octave Mirbeau, Tales from the Saragossa Manuscript by Jan Potocki, The Land of Darkness by Daniel Arsand and Paris Noir by Jacques Yonnet. Her translations from Italian for Dedalus are Senso (and other stories) by Camillo Boito, Sparrow (and other stories) by Giovanni Verga and Cleopatra Goes To Prison by Claudia Durastanti.

Her translations from Italian The Price of Dreams by Margherita Giacobino and Venice Noir by Isabella Panfido will be published by Dedalus in 2020.
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