Name: coup de grace
SKU: 19314610
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Author: Marguerite Yourcenar
ISBN: 9780374516314

Type

Physical Book

Author

Marguerite Yourcenar

Translated by

Grace Frick

Publisher

Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl

Year

1981

Language

English

Pages

164

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.1x11.4x1.2 cm

Weight

0.20 kg.

ISBN

0374516316

ISBN13

9780374516314

Synopsis "coup de grace"

Set in the Baltic provinces in the aftermath of World War I, Coup de Grace tells the story of an intimacy that grows between three young people hemmed in by civil war: Erick, a Prussian fighting with the White Russians against the Bolsheviks; Conrad, his best friend from childhood; and Sophie, whose unrequited love for Conrad becomes an unbearable burden.

Marguerite Yourcenar

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Marguerite Yourcenar (1903–1987) was a distinguished French writer, naturalized American, known for her mastery in historical novels, essays, and poetry. Her most famous work is Memoirs of Hadrian (1951), translated into Spanish by Julio Cortázar. Other notable novels include Opus nigrum (1968), Alexis or the Treatise of Vain Struggle (1929) and Coup de Grâce (1939). She also ventured into short narrative with titles like Fires (1936), Oriental Tales (1938) and As Water Flows (1982)

Yourcenar was the first woman to be elected a member of the French Academy in 1980. Her literary style is characterized by refined prose and a deep exploration of the human condition. In addition to her work as a novelist, she was an essayist, poet, and translator, cultivating a body of work marked by humanism and erudition.

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