Quest of the Absolute (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781873982587)

In Balzac's classic study of obsession, a chance meeting changes Balthazar Claes' life as it introduces him to alchemy and initiates his quest of the absolute. Throughout, our sympathy is equally divided between Balthazar's single-minded determination to push back the frontiers of knowledge, and the ruin of his family. "The Quest Of The Absolute" Was first published in France in 1834 and appears in a new edition from Dedalus, translated by Ellen Marriage and with an afterword and chronology by Christopher Smith.

Author: Honoré de Balzac
ISBN-10: 1873982585
ISBN-13: 9781873982587
Publisher: Dedalus
Language: English
Published: 02/25/2015
Pages: 100
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.51lbs
Size: 7.81h x 4.99w x 0.74d