by Gustave Flaubert · LGF/Le Livre de Poche · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253160939
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«Salammbô» is the historical novel by Gustave Flaubert, published by Le Livre de Poche in paperback (541 pages, in French).
Set in Carthage around 300 BC, it recounts the revolt of the mercenaries employed by the city in its war against Rome. Amid battles and cruelties, Salammbô, daughter of Hamilcar and servant of the goddess Tanit, experiences a brutal love with Mâtho, leader of the rebels. Flaubert turns the violence of History into a fable of plastic beauty.
Paperback edition from the Classiques collection, directed by Michel Zink and Michel Jarrety, with preface, annotations and commentary by Jacques Neefs.
For lovers of classics who want to discover Flaubert's historical side, with a novel published six years after Madame Bovary.
