Stendhal - Softcover

Jonathan Keates

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ISBN 10: 0749396156 ISBN 13: 9780749396152

Publisher: Minerva, 1997

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This biography traces the life of Stendhal, from his early days in Grenoble, through to his life in Paris and the long periods he spent in Italy. Keates also examines Stendhal's work and presents an interesting image of the author of "Le Rouge et le Noir" and "La Chartreuse de Parme".

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Review:

The author of The Red and the Black could ask for no more fitting homage than the lucid, breezy prose and shrewd psychological analyses of his latest biographer. British author Jonathan Keates nearly equals Stendhal (1783-1842) in his ability to dissect his subject's fantasies, evasions and outright lies while retaining tenderness for the human yearnings that prompted them. Intended for the general reader, the book eschews lengthy literary exegeses in favor of a vigorous narrative that does full justice to Stendhal's adventurous trajectory from the stultifying French provinces to Napoleon's army, Italy's romantic charms, and beyond.

About the Author:

The distinguished writer Jonathan Keates (b.1946) has written several acclaimed biographies and travel books, and his novel Allegro Postillions won both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Hawthornden Prize. Keates also reviews regularly for the Sunday Telegraph and teaches English at the City of London School.

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