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L'Œuvre au noir by Marguerite Yourcenar · Booklabria

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L'Œuvre au noir

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L'Œuvre au noir

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First published: 1968
Editions: 64 in 14 languages

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L'Œuvre au noir est un roman de 1968 de l'écrivaine belgo-française Marguerite Yourcenar. Son récit est centré sur la vie et la mort de Zénon, médecin, philosophe, scientifique et alchimiste né à Bruges à l'époque de la Renaissance. Le livre a été publié en France en 1968 et a immédiatement rencontré un intérêt populaire ainsi que des critiques élogieuses, obtenant le Prix Femina à l'unanimité l'année de sa publication. Le cinéaste belge André Delvaux l'a adapté au cinéma en 1988.

Subjects: History
Novela
Continental european fiction
Historia
Novel
Alchemists
Set in: Europe
Europa
Time: 20th Century; 16th Century; Siglo XVI; 20ste Eeu
Characters: Marguerite Yourcenar

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64 in 14 languages

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English10 Spanish17 French12 Chinese3 All 14 languages

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