by Jean Lévi · Circulo De Lectores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422635512
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«El gran emperador y sus autómatas» is the historical novel by Jean Lévi, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardcover (347 pages, in Spanish).
In third-century BC China, a prince unifies the warring kingdoms and becomes the First August Emperor. Between power and fear of death, he seeks immortality and surrounds himself with hydraulic automata. Fable and history, the novel turns the builder of the Great Wall and his terracotta army into a metaphor for absolute power.
Originally published in French as «Le Grand Empereur et ses automates»; this 1991 Spanish edition has a translation by María Concepción García-Lomas and an introduction by José María Gironella.
Recommended for readers of historical fiction and tales of ancient China; also for those seeking a political fable about power.
