Exhibition Book Discussion

Text and Image: De Maupassant and Dehn
Sunday, March 11, 3:00 pm

Butt Paperworks Gallery

Kurt Heinzelman, poet, translator, and professor at the University of Texas at Austin, leads a discussion of Guy de Maupassant’s short stories, and finds connections with Adolf Dehn’s lithographs of the same tales. Shorts discussed are “The Diamond Necklace,” “The Piece of String,” and “Was it a Dream?” Prepare for the discussion by reading the stories available here.

“The Diamond Necklace” no. 43
“The Piece of String” no. 109
http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/m/maupassant/guy/m45s/

“Was it a Dream”
http://www.classicallibrary.org/maupassant/swgem/29.htm

 

 
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