by Michel Tournier · Folio · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070374151
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«Gaspard, Melchior et Balthazar» is a literary fiction novel by Michel Tournier, published by Folio in paperback (288 pages, in French).
Starting from the brief Gospel mention of the Magi who came from Arabia Felix to worship the infant Jesus, Michel Tournier imagines who these kings were, why they left their kingdoms, and what they found in Jerusalem and Bethlehem. He composes a tale that mixes the naive and the violent and delves into the sources of Western spirituality.
1982 edition, volume 1415 of the Folio collection. The work received the Elba Prize in 1985.
For readers of literary and historical fiction interested in Christmas legends and recreations of Gospel episodes.
Michel Tournier was a French writer. He won awards such as the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française in 1967 for Friday, or, The Other Island and the Prix Goncourt for The Erl-King in 1970. His inspirations included traditional German culture, Catholicism and the philosophies of Gaston Bachelard. He resided in Choisel and was a member of the Académie Goncourt. His autobiography has been translated and published as The Wind Spirit. He was on occasion in contention for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
