by Marguerite Yourcenar · ALFAGUARA · tapa dura · ISBN 9788420422015
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«Alexis o el tratado del inútil combate» is the novel by Marguerite Yourcenar, published by Alfaguara in hardcover (168 pages, in Spanish).
The work is presented as an extensive letter that Alexis addresses to his wife to confess a truth he has kept silent about during their marriage: his homosexuality and the weariness of sustaining an imposed life. The narrative delves into the conflict between one's own desire and social conventions, and the need to recognize oneself in order to be free.
The novel was originally published in 1929 under the title «Alexis ou le traité du vain combat»; this Spanish edition, translated by Emma Calatayud, belongs to the Alfaguara Literaturas collection.
For readers interested in French literature and introspective narratives about identity, desire, and freedom.
Marguerite Yourcenar was a Belgian-born French novelist and essayist who became a US citizen in 1947. Winner of the Prix Femina and the Erasmus Prize, she was the first woman elected to the Académie Française, in 1980. In 1965, she was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
