{"product_id":"unknown-masterpiece-revised","title":"Unknown Masterpiece (Revised)","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eUnknown Masterpiece (Revised)\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eHonoré de Balzac\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780940322745\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eNYRB Classics\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2000\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eRevised ed.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e160\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eA New York Review Books Original \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of Honoré de Balzac's most celebrated tales, \"The Unknown Masterpiece\" is the story of a painter who, depending on one's perspective, is either an abject failure or a transcendental genius--or both. The story, which has served as an inspiration to artists as various as Cézanne, Henry James, Picasso, and New Wave director Jacques Rivette, is, in critic Dore Ashton's words, a \"fable of modern art.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished here in a new translation by poet Richard Howard, \"The Unknown Masterpiece\" appears, as Balzac intended, with \"Gambara,\" a grotesque and tragic novella about a musician undone by his dreams.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"NYRB Classics","offers":[{"title":"Unknown Masterpiece (Revised) | Honoré de Balzac | Paperback | 9780940322745 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks A 1774591","offer_id":49674957389976,"sku":"1774591","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71Yt13ymOnL.jpg?v=1786562048","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/unknown-masterpiece-revised","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}