by Prosper Mérimée · J'AI LU · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782290054208
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«Mateo Falcone et autres nouvelles» is the collection of short stories by Prosper Mérimée, published by J'ai lu in paperback (96 pages, in French).
In rural Corsica, the title story presents Mateo Falcone, a man of fearsome reputation who must choose between his honor and his son. It is completed by «Tamango», «La partie de trictrac» and «Le vase étrusque», four stories that show different faces of passion with Mérimée's sober and elegant prose.
The story «Mateo Falcone» was originally published in 1829; this French edition appeared on August 25, 2012.
For readers of French classics and of short nineteenth-century narratives, as well as for those who appreciate the nouvelle as a literary form.
Prosper Mérimée was a French writer in the movement of Romanticism, one of the pioneers of the novella, a short novel or long short story. He was also a noted archaeologist and historian, an important figure in the history of architectural preservation. He is best known for his novella Carmen, which became the basis of Bizet's opera Carmen. He learned Russian, a language for which he had great affection, before translating the work of several notable Russian writers, including Pushkin and Gogol, into French. From 1830 until 1860 he was the inspector of French historical monuments, responsible for the protection of many historic sites, including the medieval citadel of Carcassonne and the restoration of the façade of the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris. Along with the writer George Sand, he discovered the series of tapestries called The Lady and the Unicorn, arranging for their preservation. He was instrumental in the creation of Musée national du Moyen Âge in Paris, where the tapestries now are displayed. The official database of French monuments, the Base Mérimée, bears his name.
