Publisher's Synopsis

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.

Book information

ISBN: 9781873982587
Publisher: Dedalus
Imprint: Dedalus
Pub date:
DEWEY: FIC
Language: English
Number of pages: 100
Weight: 231g
Height: 200mm
Width: 127mm
Spine width: 19mm