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Twenty-two stories in the collection "Imaginary Lives" by a French writer and poet of the XNUMXth century. Marcel Schwob became one of the world's first works in the genre of biographical fiction. In them, Schwob, using known facts, presents the reader with a free interpretation of the motives that move his characters. The text is given in the translation of L. D. Ryndina. The biographies are preceded by an essay by the writer and art critic Remy de Gourmont. The edition is decorated with color drawings and letters by the French artist Georges Barbier.
Imaginary Lives is the most famous work of the French writer and poet Marcel Schwob, in which he was one of the first to develop the genre of biographical fiction. His unusual prose influenced Symbolist writers, including Borges, who produced his first collection, A General History of Infamy, as a result. Oscar Wilde dedicated the poem "The Sphinx" to Schwob. The future writer was born in 1867 into an educated Jewish family. Marcel's father headed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Egypt for ten years and was friendly with Theophile Gauthier. The prose of Edgar Allan Poe and Stevenson had a strong influence on Schwob's first literary experiments. Marcel was friendly with Anatole France, Maurice Maeterlinck, Henri Barbusse and other French writers. He became a journalist, translating Defoe and Shakespeare into French, writing plays, essays, biographies and literary reviews. Several hundred of his stories were collected together and published during the writer's lifetime in the collections The Gates of Dreams and The Lamp of Psyche. In Russia, the collected works of Marcel Schwob were published in 1910. The illustrations for Imaginary Lives were made in 1929 by the remarkable French artist Georges Barbier. He was born in Nantes. Jean-Paul Laurent became his mentor at the Paris National School of Fine Arts. From him, Barbier adopted the virtuosic precision of the drawing and the exquisite restraint of the color scheme. The filigree lines and the refinement of Barbier's compositions bring him closer to Aubrey Beardsley and Lev Bakst. Barbier was an avid art deco fan. Like many adherents of this trend in art, Barbier painted theatrical scenery and wallpaper ornaments, he was engaged in the development of jewelry and costume design. It is no coincidence that Diaghilev, who came to Paris, attracted Barbier to cooperation, as a result, the artist drew sketches for his famous ballets. A peculiar peak of Barbier's creativity was his drawings for the famous French fashion almanac Falbalas et fanfreluches, which was published from 1922 to 1925 in Paris. Barbier illustrated Baudelaire, Theophile Gauthier, Alfred de Musset, Verlaine and many other authors. For about 20 years he was the leader of the artists of the Parisian School of Fine Arts; in Vogue magazine, this group of aesthetes was called the Knights of the Bracelets. Barbier died in 1932 at the height of his fame at the age of fifty, and was buried in his native Nantes.
See also:
- All books of the publisher SZKEO
- All books by the author
- All books in the series World Literature Library
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| The weight | 0,78 kg |
| Size | 170 × 240 mm |
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