Name: OPUS NIGRUM (in Spanish)
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Author: Marguerite Yourcenar
ISBN: 9788420422190

Type

Physical Book

Author

Marguerite Yourcenar

Publisher

ALFAGUARA

Collection

SIN DET. ALFAGUARA

Year

2012

Language

Spanish

Pages

418

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

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ISBN

8420422193

ISBN13

9788420422190

Edited in

España

Synopsis "OPUS NIGRUM (in Spanish)"

Zenón, médico alquimista del siglo XVI, es un hombre excepcional, con un destino trágico, a quien le toca vivir un periodo convulso entre la Edad Media y el Renacimiento. El personaje está inspirado en Paracelso, Miguel Servet, Campanella y ciertos aspectos de la personalidad de Leonardo da Vinci. Con Opus nigrum –vieja fórmula alquímica que señala la fase de separación y disolución de la materia–, Yourcenar vuelve a escribir una fascinante novela histórica donde, además, elabora un magnífico retrato de la vida cotidiana en los Países Bajos.«Esta obra es al tiempo un ensayo sobre el Renacimiento y un cuadro sobre esa turbulenta época vista por los ojos de un poeta... Una experiencia conmovedora, infrecuente y en ocasiones inquietante para el lector contemporáneo.» The New York Times Book Review

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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