false 35220116 199389 3660828 0979419875 9780979419874 7 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3660828.The_Journal_of_Jules_Renard 3.79 24 The Journal of Jules Renard is a unique autobiographical masterpiece that, though celebrated abroad and cited as a principle influence by writers as varying as Somerset Maugham and Donald Barthelme, remains largely undiscovered in the United States. Throughout his journal, Renard develops not only his artistic convictions but also his humanity, as he reflects on the nineteenth-century French literary and art scene and the emergence of his position as an important novelist and playwright in that world, provides aphorisms and quips, and portrays the details of his personal life-his love interests, his position as a socialist mayor of Chitry, the suicide of his father-which often appear in his work.</DIV>]]> 224285 3.56 89 14 1964 A lot of things have been said about how influential this book is, but what i know is this: it makes a great bathroom book! 0 2008-10-18T09:26:10-07:00 34025 60 2008-10-18T09:26:10-07:00 3 0 false Wed Jul 08 14:15:43 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 13 15:35:08 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 08 14:15:44 -0700 2009