Paris in the 20th century
Paris in the 20th Century is a novel by Jules Verne , which was written in 1863, but was not published until 1994, 131 years later, under the French title Paris au XX e siècle by Hachette in Paris . The novel, often referred to as Verne's “lost” work, is set in August 1960 and paints a bleak, dystopian picture of the future. Verne's publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel suspected the pessimism of the novel would ruin Verne's career and suggested waiting 20 years before publication.
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The story is about a young man, Michel, who lives in a world of glass skyscrapers , high-speed trains , gas-powered automobiles , pocket calculators and a worldwide communication network. In contrast to the triumph of science and technology literature, music and visual arts but despised. Michel, winner of a prize for Latin literature, is not happy in this world and has a tragic end.
Manuscript history
The manuscript was found in 1989 by Piero Gondolo della Riva in a safe by Michel Verne , Jules Verne's son. The key to the safe was lost and it was believed that the safe was empty. The French edition (published in 1994 by Hachette) is provided with illustrations by François Schuiten .
expenditure
- Paris au XX e siècle. Hachette / Le Cherche midi, Paris 1994, ISBN 2-01-235118-2 .
- Paris au XX e siècle. Corps, Paris 1995, ISBN 2-84057-113-7 .
- Paris in the 20th century. Novel. Translated from the French by Elisabeth Edl . Zsolnay, Vienna 1996, ISBN 3-552-04804-9 .
literature
- Heinrich Pleticha (ed.): Jules Verne manual (= known and unknown worlds - adventurous journeys ). Publishing house Stuttgart / Bertelsmann, Stuttgart / Gütersloh 1992, OCLC 48743974 .
- Volker Dehs , Ralf Junkerjürgen (eds.): Jules Verne . Voices and interpretations of his work (= series of publications and materials of the Fantastic Library Wetzlar . Volume 75 ). Fantastic Library Wetzlar, Wetzlar 2005, DNB 974107530 (collection of articles).
- Volker Dehs: Jules Verne . A critical biography. Artemis & Winkler, Düsseldorf 2005, ISBN 3-538-07208-6 .
- Till R. Kuhnle: Cheated out of the apocalypse. The 20th century as anti-utopia. In: Till R. Kuhnle: The trauma of progress. Four studies on the pathogenesis of literary discourses (= Stauffenburg-Colloquium. Volume 62). Stauffenburg-Verlag, Tübingen 2005, ISBN 3-86057-162-1 , pp. 108-113 (Zugl .: Augsburg, Univ., Habil.-Schr.).
Web links
- Paris in the 20th century. In: j-verne.de. Andreas Fehrmann's Jules Verne Collection
Individual evidence
- ^ Elisabeth Edl in the epilogue to: Paris in the 20th century. Paul Zsolnay Verlag, Vienna 1996, ISBN 3-552-04804-9 .