The Red and the Black

图书标准信息

• 作者 Burton、Diane Johnson 著
• 出版社 Random House Publishing Group
• 出版时间 2004-05
• ISBN 9780812972078
• 定价 86.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 560页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Modern Library Classics

【内容简介】

AMajorNewTranslation

TheRedandtheBlack,Stendhal’smasterpiece,isthestoryofJulienSorel,ayoungdreamerfromtheprovinces,fueledbyNapoleonicideals,whosedesiretomakehisfortunesetsinmotioneventsbothmesmerizingandtragic.Sorel’squesttofindhimself,andthedoomedloveheencountersalongtheway,aredelineatedwithanunprecedentedpsychologicaldepthandrealism.Atthesametime,Stendhalweavestogetherthesociallifeandfraughtpoliticalintriguesofpost–NapoleonicFrance,bringingthatworldtounforgettable,full-colorlife.HisportraitofJulienandearly-nineteenth-centuryFranceremainsanunsurpassedcreation,onethatbrilliantlyanticipatesmodernliterature.

Neglectedduringitstime,TheRedandtheBlackhasassumeditsrightfulplaceasoneoftheworld’sgreatbooks,andBurtonRaffel’sextraordinarynewtranslation,coupledwithanenlighteningIntroductionbyDianeJohnson,helpsitshinemorebrightlythaneverbefore.

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【作者简介】

STENDHAL(Marie-HenriBeyle)wasborninGrenoblein1783.HeservedinNapoleon’scavalryandthereafterlivedinItalyandParis,wherehewrotemanybooks,includingOnLove,theautobiographicalLifeofHenriBrulard,TheCharterhouseofParma(whichhewroteinfifty-twodays),andTheRedandtheBlack.Hediedin1842.

BURTONRAFFELisadistinguishedprofessorofhumanitiesattheUniversityofLouisianaatLafayette.HismanytranslationsincludeRabelais’sGargantuaandPantagruel,winnerofthe1991French-AmericanFoundationTranslationPrize,ChrétiendeTroyes’sArthurianRomances,Cervantes’sDonQuijote,andBalzac’sPèreGoriot.HistranslationofBeowulfhassoldmorethanamillioncopies.

DIANEJOHNSONIstheauthoroftennovels—mostrecentlyLeMariageandLeDivorce—twobooksofessays,twobiographies,andthescreenplayforStanleyKubrick’sclassicfilmTheShining.ShehasbeenafinalistfourtimesforthePulitzerPrizeandtheNationalBookAward.