by Marguerite Yourcenar · Quinteto · tapa dura · ISBN 9788496333611
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«Memorias de Adriano» is the historical novel by Marguerite Yourcenar, published by Quinteto in hardcover (366 pages, in Spanish).
Adriano, an aging and ill emperor, reconstructs his story in a long letter addressed to Marcus Aurelius. He evokes his military campaigns, his interest in poetry, music and philosophy, and his bond with Antinoüs. In his solitude as a powerful man, he reflects on the balance between political duty and personal happiness.
Translation by Julio Cortázar. Originally published in French in 1951 as «Mémoires d'Hadrien», it received the Prix Femina Vacaresco in 1952. Edition from the Quinteto Bolsillo collection.
For readers of historical and biographical fiction, as well as for those seeking a classic of twentieth-century French literature.
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.
