Bouvard and Pecuchet

A softcover in fine condition. Covers are clean and unmarked throughout, with no creasing to the spine or corners. Pages are of fine quality, crisp and entirely unmarked; the book appears unread. Gustave Flaubert's last novel, left unfinished at his death in 1880 and widely regarded as one of the great unfinished works of European literature. Also includes Flaubert's Dictionary of Accepted Ideas and Catalogue of Fashionable Ideas. Originally published in French by Éditions Gallimard, Paris 1950, this edition published by Dalkey Archive Press. Translated by Mark Polizzotti, who has translated more than fifty books from the French and is a recipient of the English PEN Award, a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and a recipient of the 2016 American Academy of Arts and Letters Award for Literature. Cover and interior design by Mark Polizzotti.