A new translation by Adam Thorpe Gustave Flaubert once said of his heroine, "Emma Bovary, c\'est moi." In this acclaimed new translation, Adam Thorpe brings readers closer than ever before to Flaubert\'s peerless text and, by extension, the author himself.
He lives in France with his wife and family..
His first novel, Ulverton, was published in 1992, and he has written nine others--most recently Flight--along with two collections of stories and five books of poetry.
He broke it scouring for perfect sentences, words, le mot juste."--Russell Kane, The Independent "Flaubert described his great work as a poem, so it is fitting that a poet and novelist of Thorpe\'s stature should turn his hand to it."--Robin Robertson, The Herald (Scotland) About the Author: Adam Thorpe was born in Paris in 1956.
There can be no doubt as to the reason for Flaubert\'s brain popping at the top of the stairs when he was fifty-eight.
Praise for Adam Thorpe\'s translation of Madame Bovary "What leaves me reeling with each rereading (and Adam Thorpe\'s new translation is, pardon the pun, to die for) is the use of language.
This exquisite Modern Library edition is sure to set a new standard for an enduring classic.
Translator Adam Thorpe, an accomplished author in his own right, pays careful attention to the "complex music" of Flaubert\'s language, with its elegant, finely wrought sentences and closely observed detail.
Today, the heartbreaking story of Emma\'s financial ruin remains just as compelling.
The story of Emma\'s adultery scandalized France when Madame Bovary was first published.
Marriage, however, fails to live up to her expectations, which are fueled by sentimental novels, and she turns disastrously to love affairs.
Charles Bovary.
Emma, a passionate dreamer raised in the French countryside, is ready for her life to take off when she marries the decent, dull Dr.
A new translation by Adam Thorpe Gustave Flaubert once said of his heroine, "Emma Bovary, c\'est moi." In this acclaimed new translation, Adam Thorpe brings readers closer than ever before to Flaubert\'s peerless text and, by extension, the author himself
