Name: Fires
SKU: 19314615
Price: 11.99 EUR
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Author: Marguerite Yourcenar
ISBN: 9780374517489

Type

Physical Book

Author

Marguerite Yourcenar

Translated by

Dori Katz

Publisher

Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl

Year

1982

Language

English

Pages

156

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.1x13.2x1.5 cm

Weight

0.17 kg.

ISBN

0374517487

ISBN13

9780374517489

Synopsis "Fires "

Fires consists of nine monologues and narratives based on classical Greek stories. Antigone, Clytemnestra, Phaedo, Sappho are all mythical figures whose stories are mingled with contemporary themes. Interspersed are highly personal narratives, reflecting on a time of profound inner crisis in the author's life."The unwritten novel among the fantasies and aphorisms of Fires is a classic tale."-Stephen Koch, New York Times Book ReviewConsists of 9 monologues and narratives based on classical Greek stories. Interspersed are highly personal notations, reflecting a time of profound innner crisis in the author's life.

Marguerite Yourcenar

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Marguerite Yourcenar (1903–1987) was a distinguished French writer, naturalized American, known for her mastery in historical novels, essays, and poetry. Her most famous work is Memoirs of Hadrian (1951), translated into Spanish by Julio Cortázar. Other notable novels include Opus nigrum (1968), Alexis or the Treatise of Vain Struggle (1929) and Coup de Grâce (1939). She also ventured into short narrative with titles like Fires (1936), Oriental Tales (1938) and As Water Flows (1982)

Yourcenar was the first woman to be elected a member of the French Academy in 1980. Her literary style is characterized by refined prose and a deep exploration of the human condition. In addition to her work as a novelist, she was an essayist, poet, and translator, cultivating a body of work marked by humanism and erudition.

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