by Marguerite Yourcenar · Alfaguara · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420427171
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«Opus nigrum» is the historical novel by Marguerite Yourcenar, published by Alfaguara in paperback (380 pages, in Spanish).
Set in sixteenth-century Europe, the novel follows Zénon, a physician, alchemist and philosopher from Bruges whose quest for knowledge and truth pits him against the religious and scientific tensions of his era. Through his travels and experiences, the work reflects on the limits of knowledge and the human condition.
The work, translated by Emma Calatayud, was originally published in French as «L'Œuvre au noir» and belongs to the Alfaguara Bolsillo collection.
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.
