L' opera al nero.

Italian language

Published March 31, 1986 by Feltrinelli.

ISBN:
978-88-07-81062-6
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4 stars (2 reviews)

3 editions

reviewed L' oeuvre au noir. by Marguerite Yourcenar (Collection folio -- 798)

Masterpiece

5 stars

So much to say about this book. First I have not read the English translation but personally I think this work is impossible to translate in any other language. The mastery of French as writing material the way a composer masters music, combined with the beauty of it's use in this novel and finally the many levels of meaning make translation an impossible task. This one of the very few works that have been matured during the whole of an author's life and the sheer mastery of the result is humbling. And for those men who still think that women are not equal to man I dare you to read and understand any book by Yourcenar and keep thinking and saying this. I've read Memoirs of Hadrian when I was relatively young and that book has had a very deep influence over my whole life.

reviewed L' oeuvre au noir. by Marguerite Yourcenar (Collection folio -- 798)

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3 stars

Roman intéressant mais à l’intérêt inégal, j’ai pourtant relu avec plaisir le style élaboré et soigné de Marguerite Yourcenar que j’avais déjà croisée il y a longtemps avec Alexis et Le coup de grâce qui m’avait beaucoup plu. L’écriture et fluide et intelligente, l’histoire intéressante, mais les personnages manquent de je ne sais quoi qui aurait pu les rendre plus…passionnants. Le destin hors du commun de Zénon nous rappelle que l’homme n’a pas souvent été en phase avec le progrès que l’esprit libre n’a pas toujours été chose courante et que le poids de la religion a toujours pesé lourdement sur le destin des hommes.
À lire pour l’histoire, le propos, et le destin funeste de Zénon.