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1930. In the Land of Pain is a collection of notes by Alphonse Daudet chronicling the pain and suffering he experienced from tabes dorsalis, its effects on his relationships with friends, family, and other people, and the various drugs he took and physical treatments he underwent in his fight against the disease.
- Alphonse Daudet
- Autobiography
- 1930
- 1930
In the Land of Pain. Alphonse Daudet, Julian Barnes (Translator) 3.77. 463 ratings85 reviews. As Julian Barnes writes in the introduction to his superb translation of Alphonse Daudet’s La Doulou, the mostly forgotten writer nowadays “ate at the top literary table” during his lifetime (1840–1897).
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Jul 4, 2014 · In the Land of Pain is Barnes’ own translation, with extensive annotations, introduction and afterword, of La Doulou (literally, The Painful ), which was published in the 1920s, nearly three decades after Daudet’s death.
Mar 22, 2016 · A “startling [and] splendid” book (The New York Times Book Review) from one of the greatest writers of the nineteenth century on his years of enduring severe illness—a classic in the literary...
- Alphonse Daudet
- In the Land of PainVintage Classics
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2016
- Julian Barnes
Daudet (1840–1897) was a greatly admired writer during his lifetime, praised by Dickens and Henry James. In the prime of his life, he developed an agonizing nerve disease caused by syphilis and began taking notes about his experience, published posthumously as In the Land of Pain.
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In the Land of Pain. Written by Alphonse Daudet; Edited & Translated by Julian Barnes. Alphonse Daudet (1840-1897) was one of the most popular nineteenth-century French novelists, whose work radiated humour and good cheer.
Mar 22, 2016 · In the Land of Pain (Vintage Classics) Kindle Edition. A “startling [and] splendid” book (The New York Times Book Review) from one of the greatest writers of the nineteenth century on his years of enduring severe illness—a classic in the literary annals of human suffering.
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- Alphonse Daudet
