by Jean Lévi · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420654027
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«El gran emperador y sus autómatas» is the historical novel by Jean Lévi, published by Alianza in paperback (286 pages, in Spanish).
In third-century BC China, a prince unifies a country divided by wars and intrigues and proclaims himself First August Emperor. The narrative blends history and fable: a state turned into relentless machinery, the obsession with immortality, and the company of hydraulic automata. It also works as a metaphor for authoritarian regimes.
Translation by María Concepción García-Lomas Pradera of the French original «Le grand empereur et ses automates», published in 1988 in the Alianza Cuatro collection (no. 2).
For readers of historical fiction and narrative with an interest in ancient China, absolute power, and its mechanisms.
