by Guy de Maupassant · Flammarion · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782080702722
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«Contes de la bécasse» is Guy de Maupassant's collection of short stories, published by Flammarion in paperback (256 pages, in French).
The book brings together tales set in rural Normandy, often revolving around hunting and evenings spent telling stories. The tone combines realistic observation, ironic humour and a nostalgic look at peasant customs, with some bitter twist endings.
Original work first published in 1883; this edition from the Garnier-Flammarion collection dates from 1999 and includes the complete text.
Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was a 19th-century French author, celebrated as a master of the short story and associated with the naturalist literary school of thought, depicting human lives, destinies, and social forces in disillusioned and often pessimistic terms.
