by Marguerite Yourcenar · labutxaca · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788496863132
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«Memòries d'Adrià» is the historical novel by Marguerite Yourcenar, published by labutxaca in paperback (336 pages, in Catalan).
The work recreates the life of Hadrian, emperor and humanist of the 2nd century, in a narrative that combines political portraiture with personal introspection and his vision of time and destiny. This edition includes the author's notebook, where she reflects on writing, the genesis of the work and the historical novel.
Catalan translation by Jaume Creus, published in Barcelona in 2007 within the Labutxaca collection.
For readers of historical fiction and literary narrative seeking an intimate portrait of power.
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.
