{"product_id":"bouvard-and-pecuchet-gustave-flaubert-9781564783936","title":"Bouvard and Pecuchet","description":"\u003cb\u003eAlthough unfinished during his lifetime, \u003ci\u003eBouvard and Pécuchet\u003c\/i\u003e is now considered one of Flaubert's greatest masterpieces. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Flaubert's own words, the novel is \"a kind of encyclopedia made into farce . . . A book in which I shall spit out my bile.\" At the center of this book are Bouvard and Pécuchet, two retired clerks who set out in a search for truth and knowledge with persistent optimism in light of the fact that each new attempt at learning about the world ends in disaster. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the literary tradition of Rabelais, Cervantes, and Swift, this story is told in that blend of satire and sympathy that only genius can compound, and the reader becomes genuinely fond of these two Don Quixotes of Ideas. This new translation also includes Flaubert's \u003ci\u003eDictionary of Received Ideas\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gustave Flaubert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1564783936\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781564783936\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dalkey Archive Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.07h x 5.54w x 1.09d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2006 pg. 120","brand":"Gustave Flaubert","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44043616551167,"sku":"9781564783936","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7f5c589f-e325-4487-bc45-5c81cddebaef.jpg?v=1684968191","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bouvard-and-pecuchet-gustave-flaubert-9781564783936","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}