{"product_id":"journal-1887-1910-9780374260873","title":"Journal 1887-1910","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA wry, observant masterpiece--one of the singular treasures of the French fin de siècle\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten between the age of twenty-three and his death at age forty-six, Jules Renard's \u003ci\u003eJournal 1887-1910\u003c\/i\u003e is a triumph of introspection and wit. One of the most celebrated figures of Belle Époque Paris, Renard was also a prolific diarist whose private musings were first published in five volumes some fifteen years after his death. Acclaimed by everyone from Somerset Maugham to Samuel Beckett to Susan Sontag, the \u003ci\u003eJournal \u003c\/i\u003ehas had a decisive influence on contemporary letters and was named one of the 100 Books of the Century by \u003ci\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/i\u003e. It is also a singularly funny work, full of aphorisms, jokes, and sly observations on some of literature's most indelible characters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese selections, brought together by Julian Barnes and translated by Theo Cuffe, offer unparalleled and unfailingly entertaining glimpses of a bygone world. Moving from modish Parisian salons to the French countryside, where Renard served as a provincial mayor in the final years of his life, the \u003ci\u003eJournal \u003c\/i\u003eis a portrait of a society in flux and a playground for one of the era's great prose styles. Here, Renard confirms his place among France's most dazzlingly inventive writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJules Renard \u003c\/b\u003e(1864-1910) was a French author and member of the Académie Goncourt. A habitué of Parisian literary circles, he was the author of numerous novels and plays, among them \u003ci\u003eCarrot Top \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNatural Histories\u003c\/i\u003e. His \u003ci\u003eJournal\u003c\/i\u003e, widely considered his masterpiece, was published posthumously between 1925 and 1927. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulian Barnes \u003c\/b\u003eis the Booker Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sense of an Ending \u003c\/i\u003eand numerous other books. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTheo Cuffe \u003c\/b\u003eis known for his translations of classic French literature, including Voltaire's \u003ci\u003eCandide\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMicromégas and Other Short Fictions\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50512296378642,"sku":"9780374260873","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_82575249-14c5-4de3-a03f-81a364c12f7a.jpg?v=1730951054","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/journal-1887-1910-9780374260873","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}