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Sarrasine (Paperback)
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Sarrasine (Paperback)
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List price R161
Loot Price R140
Discovery Miles 1 400
You Save R21 (13%)
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Sarrasine (1831) is a novella by French author Honore de Balzac.
Written as part of his La Comedie humaine sequence, Sarrasine is
one of Balzac's earliest works published without a pseudonym and
helped to establish his reputation as a serious writer and
distinguished member of Parisian high society. Noted for its
controversial exploration of homosexuality and castration, Balzac's
novella would become the subject of Roland Barthe's groundbreaking
work of literary criticism, S/Z (1970). Composed as a frame
narrative, Sarrasine begins during a ball at the mansion of the
wealthy Monsieur de Lanty. The unnamed narrator, from a window
overlooking the garden, listens to the conversations of partygoers
and watches as his guest, Beatrix Rochefide, is approached by a
mysterious older man. The next night, the narrator tells Beatrix a
story involving the man, a respected member of de Lanty's circle.
He begins with the life of Ernest-Jean Sarrasine, a successful
young sculptor who, on a trip to Rome, fell in love with an opera
star named Zambinella. Convinced she represents the ideal feminine
form, he rejects Zambinella's misgivings and vague excuses,
becoming increasingly obsessed with the beautiful singer. Devising
a plan to kidnap Zambinella during a party at the French embassy,
Sarrasine discovers the truth: the singer is a castrato, a
classical operatic performer who was selected and castrated before
puberty. Sarrasine, a powerful novella, explores themes of
idealization and obsession while illuminating the conflation of sex
and gender. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally
typeset manuscript, this edition of Honore de Balzac's Sarrasine is
a classic of French literature reimagined for modern readers.
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