Memoirs from the Tomb

🧚 A painstaking masterpiece by Chateaubriand, pioneer of French Romanticism and master of prose. The culmination of forty years of effort, constantly revised and refined, achieving "the epic of the age in which I lived." In his writing, everything is new: mountains, characters, colors. His description of a thrush's chirping is hailed as a precursor to Proust's "petite madeleine" scene. 🧚 A legendary figure living at the turn of the century, who recorded the vicissitudes of an era with epic strokes. He invented a way of eating steak, which is now known as Chateaubriand steak. He depicted France from Louis XVI's accession, the French Revolution, Napoleon's reign, the Bourbon Restoration, up to the July Revolution, leaving us with precious historical materials for understanding that period. 🧚 An author who, though alive, had already bid farewell to the world, building his own tombstone with words. On bended knee before the scythe that cut down his youth: "Mr. Executioner, a little later please!" Sainte-Beuve: "Chateaubriand was less able than anyone to grow old; he was able to remain young for a long time." 🧚 Carefully selected and translated by the renowned scholar and translator Guo Hongan, with an extensive interpretation. Guo Hongan: "I respect Chateaubriand precisely because of his lucidity." Includes a long translated preface and postscript, interpreting the author's life and intellectual development. 🧚 Exquisitely designed by renowned designer Shanchuan, with a complimentary "Ghost" shaped bookmark. Whimsical double cover, outer cover specially selected single-light white kraft paper, inner cover hot-stamped with a cute pattern. Inner pages printed on pure wood pulp paper, suitable for both collecting and reading. 【Content Introduction】 "Memoirs from Beyond the Grave" is the memoir of Chateaubriand, a pioneer of French Romanticism. In the book, the author comprehensively reviews his tumultuous life, describes childhood memories, expresses literary insights, and vividly portrays important social events of the time, such as the French Revolution, forming "the epic of the age in which I lived." "Memoirs from Beyond the Grave" not only possesses the scale of an epic but also its grandeur and, more importantly, its very essence. Chateaubriand is not simply telling his personal story; his suffering, his joy, his melancholy, his passion, and his meditations are all displayed against the broad historical backdrop of France, Europe, and even the world, imbued with a profound sense of distant time and space. 【Famous Quotes】 Either become Chateaubriand, or achieve nothing. —Victor Hugo I would trade all the poetry since the beginning of mankind for the first two volumes of "Memoirs from Beyond the Grave." —Edmond de Goncourt In his words, I hear the duet of a flute and a violin. —Gustave Flaubert This is a man who introduced the most music, the most images, the most fragrance, the most gentle connections, and the most joy to France. —Pierre Lemaitre This fellow, who writes beautifully throughout, combined the skepticism and Voltaireanism of the 18th-century aristocracy with the sentimentalism and romanticism of the 19th-century aristocracy in the most anomalous way. Naturally, from a stylistic point of view, this combination in France should have been a great event. —Karl Marx He was a man with a passionate, abundant imagination and immense artistic talent, who, in an era when everyone loved light, beautiful trifles (the end of the 18th century), preferred solemnity and grandeur, and favored the magnificent, and thus felt lonely. —Georg Brandes

2023-10-01

译林出版社

311

9787544798648