Alien Hearts

Alien Hearts is the story of three lovers bound by bitterness as much as by passion. Maupassants artist hero falls for a woman of the world, a dazzling beauty whose past with an abusive husband leads her to hold him like other men at arms length. He seeks solace with his doting mistress but remains racked by pointless infatuation with the femme fatale. Award-winning master translator Richard Howards new English version of this complex and brooding psychological novel reveals the final, unexpected flowering of the great French realists art. This is the first English translation of the French masterpiece in over 100 years. Maupassant wrote from the fullness of a compassionate heart. He is merciless and yet gentle with his mankind.... Joseph ConradMaupassant, Guy de is the author of 'Alien Hearts', published 2003 under ISBN 9781590170359 and ISBN 1590170350.