Little Songs for the Moon is a poetic and reflective collection attributed to Gustave Flaubert, offering lyrical meditations filled with symbolism, melancholy, and beauty. In this work, Flaubert’s prose takes on a musical and dreamlike quality, blending nature, night, and emotion into delicate imagery. The moon becomes a silent companion — a witness to longing, solitude, and quiet fantasies. Though lesser known compared to his major novels, this work showcases Flaubert’s sensitivity to rhythm, atmosphere, and inner feeling. This correspondence, which lasted from 1863 to 1876, is considered one of the most fascinating of the last century and is unparalleled in the history of French literature. Never before have two great writers expressed their ideas so openly and in such detail over such a long period of time on such a wide variety of subjects, including the genesis of their own writings. Despite their obvious differences in temperament and aesthetic preferences, the two eventually became friends. The correspondence of these two great icons of the 19th century depicts the mood of life among intellectuals, writers, and aristocrats, their literary disputes, their tastes, and their different views of art and literature in the 19th century.
- Author: Gustave Flaubert
- Pages: 472
- ISBN: 9789643698249
- Genre: Poetic Prose, Classic Literature
- Theme: Night, solitude, imagination, longing
- Language: Persian (Farsi Translation)
- Ideal For: Readers who enjoy lyrical, atmospheric, and contemplative writing
- Highlights: Musical prose , Dreamlike imagery , Emotional subtlety
