Memoirs of Hadrian
Marguerite Yourcenar
(Author)
Grace Frick
(Translator)
Description
Both an exploration of character and a reflection on the meaning of history, Memoirs of Hadrian has received international acclaim since its first publication in France in 1951. In it, Marguerite Yourcenar reimagines the Emperor Hadrian's arduous boyhood, his triumphs and reversals, and finally, as emperor, his gradual reordering of a war-torn world, writing with the imaginative insight of a great writer of the twentieth century while crafting a prose style as elegant and precise as those of the Latin stylists of Hadrian's own era.
Product Details
Price
$19.00
$17.67
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publish Date
May 18, 2005
Pages
416
Dimensions
5.48 X 8.28 X 1.08 inches | 0.98 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780374529260
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About the Author
Marguerite Yourcenar is one of the most acclaimed writers of the twentieth century. Author of over twenty books--of which Hadrian is her acknowledged masterpiece--she was the first woman elected to the Academie Française. She died in 1987.
Reviews
"If you want to know what 'ancient Roman' really means, in terms of war and religion and love and parties, read Memoirs of Hadrian." - The New Yorker
