Overview
American author Henry James often grappled with weighty topics in his work, and the story The Madonna of the Future-longer than a typical short story, but shorter than a novella-is no exception. Framed as an anecdote related among a group of men engaged in post-dinner chitchat, the story deals with an artist whose outsize ambitions and perfectionism have frozen him in a kind of creative paralysis. It's a profoundly thought-provoking tale that prompts important questions about the role of art in the world.
- | Author: Henry James
- | Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- | Publication Date: Feb 09, 2018
- | Number of Pages: 38 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1984981056
- | ISBN-13: 9781984981059
