by Marguerite Yourcenar · Edhasa · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788435015578
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«Memorias de Adriano» is the historical novel by Marguerite Yourcenar, published by Edhasa in paperback (379 pages, in Spanish).
The novel is presented as a long letter written by Emperor Hadrian to his successor, Marcus Aurelius. In it he reviews his life and thought: military triumphs, love of poetry and music, philosophy, and passion for Antinous. It is a meditation on power, love, and the human condition in second-century Rome.
This edition includes the translation by Julio Cortázar. The book belongs to the Pocket Edhasa collection, number 57. The original work was awarded the Prix Femina Vacaresco in 1952.
For readers of historical fiction and twentieth-century literary classics, with an interest in ancient Rome and philosophy.
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.
