Sarrasine - 9781717559500

Ostensibly a tale of sexual androgyny, the power of love, and its bitter aftermath, this volume is in fact a study of the force of art on society and the deadly immortality of beauty. The nameless narrator attends a ball held by a wealthy Parisian family whose fortune comes from a work of art, and there meets an extraordinary old woman who bears a strange resemblance to the statue depicted in the painting. He returns to his lodgings to tell the tragic, yet ultimately rewarding tale of the creation of the painting's inspiration: a tale of passion, lust, and transexuality, in which music and art, their powers combined, are fatally attracted.

• • Author: Honoré de Balzac
• • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• • Publication Date: May 05, 2018
• • Number of Pages: 36 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1717559506
• • ISBN-13: 9781717559500