02522oam 2200481 450 991016266710332120210112153639.01-68137-033-6(CKB)3710000001044381(DLC) 2016026798(MiAaPQ)EBC6052348(Au-PeEL)EBL6052348(OCoLC)951557370(EXLCZ)99371000000104438120160608d2017 uy 1engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentnrdamediancrdacarrierLike death /by Guy De Maupassant ; translated by Richard HowardNew York :New York Review Books,[2017]1 online resourceNew York Review Books Classics1-68137-032-8 "Olivier Bertin is at the height of his career as a painter. After making his name with his Cleopatra, he went on to establish himself as "the chosen painter of the Parisiennes, the most adroit and ingenious artist to reveal their grace, their figures, and their souls." And though his hair may be white, he remains a handsome, vigorous, and engaging bachelor, a prized guest at every table and salon. Anne, the comtesse de Guilleroy, is a youthful forty, the wife of a busy politician. The painter and the comtesse have been lovers for many years. Anne's daughter, Annette--the spitting image of her mother in her lovely youth--has finished her schooling and is returning to Paris. Her parents are putting together an excellent match. Everything is as it should be--until the painter and comtesse are each seized by an agonizing suspicion, like death . . . In its devastating depiction of the treacherous nature of love, Like Death is more than the equal of Swann's Way. Richard Howard's new translation brings out all the penetration and poetry of this masterpiece of nineteenth-century fiction"--Provided by publisher.FICTION / PsychologicalbisacshFICTION / Family LifebisacshFICTION / LiterarybisacshFICTION / Psychological.FICTION / Family Life.FICTION / Literary.843/.8FIC025000FIC045000FIC019000bisacshMaupassant Guy de1850-1893,157925Howard Richard1929-DLCDLCDLCBOOK9910162667103321Like death2888690UNINA