Memoirs from Beyond the Grave: 1800-1815
Author: Chateaubriand, François-Réne
ISBN: 9781681376172
RM131.50
Publisher,NYRB Classics
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Format, Paperback
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No. of Pages, 770
In 1800, François-René de Chateaubriand sailed from the cliffs of Dover to the headlands of Calais. He was thirty-one and had been living as a political refugee in England for most of a decade, at times in such extreme poverty that he subsisted on nothing but hot water and two-penny rolls. Over the next fifteen years, his life was utterly changed. He published Atala, René, and The Genius of Christianity to acclaim and epoch-making scandal. He strolled the streets of Jerusalem and mapped the ruins of Carthage. He served Napoleon in Rome, then resigned in protest after the Duc d'Enghien's execution, putting his own life at tremendous risk.
About the Author
François-René de Chateaubriand (1768–1848) was born in Saint-Malo, on the northern coast of Brittany, the youngest son of an aristocratic family. Long recognized as one of the first French Romantics, Chateaubriand was also a historian, diplomat, and staunch defender of the freedom of the press. He is best remembered for his posthumously published Memoirs from Beyond the Grave (an NYRB Classic).
Alex Andriesse's essays and poems have appeared in Granta, Review of Contemporary Fiction, and Literary Imagination. His translations include Roberto Bazlen’s Notes Without a Text and Other Writings and François-René de Chateaubriand’s Memoirs from Beyond the Grave: 1768–1800, which is also available from NYRB Classics. He lives in the Netherlands.
Julien Gracq (1910–2007), born Louis Poirier, was a French writer of novels, plays, poetry, and literary criticism. His novel Balcony in the Forest is available from NYRB Classics.
Alex Andriesse's essays and poems have appeared in Granta, Review of Contemporary Fiction, and Literary Imagination. His translations include Roberto Bazlen’s Notes Without a Text and Other Writings and François-René de Chateaubriand’s Memoirs from Beyond the Grave: 1768–1800, which is also available from NYRB Classics. He lives in the Netherlands.
Julien Gracq (1910–2007), born Louis Poirier, was a French writer of novels, plays, poetry, and literary criticism. His novel Balcony in the Forest is available from NYRB Classics.
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