The Temptation of Saint Anthony (Modern Library Classics)

The Temptation of Saint Anthony (Modern Library Classics)

A book that deeply influenced the young Freud and was the inspiration for many artists, The Temptation of Saint Anthony was Flaubertâ€™s lifelong work, thirty years in the making. Based on the story of the third-century saint who lived on an isolated mountaintop in the Egyptian desert, it is a fantastical rendering of one night during which Anthony is besieged by carnal temptations and philosophical doubt.

This Modern Library Paperback Classic reproduces the distinguished Lafcadio Hearn translation, which translator Richard Sieburth calls â€œa splendid period piece from one of Americaâ€™s premier translators of nineteenth-century French prose. In Lafcadio Hearnâ€™s Latinate rendering, Flaubertâ€™s experimental drama of the modern consciousness reads as weirdly as its oneiric original.â€

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Random House Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Illustrated
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2002-01-08
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780375759123

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