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Good. Light general wear. May have light notes/highlighting. shelfwear, bumped corners, scuffed, handwriting inside front cover, creased page corners, Paperback.
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Very Good Condition. Minor Marking. Minor shelf and corner wear to the books cover and corners. Binding is still in good condition. Scuffing and rubbing to the books cover and corners. 364 pages. Text is in French. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Language & Linguistics; French Language; Education. ISBN: 2070369218. ISBN/EAN: 9782070369218. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1561014012.
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Very Good Condition. The books text appears to be clean. Minor shelf and corner wear to the books cover and corners. Binding is still in good condition. Scuffing and rubbing to the books cover and corners. Text is in French. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 3. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Language & Linguistics; French Language; Education. ISBN: 2070369218. ISBN/EAN: 9782070369218. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: ABE294374504.
To be honest, the first 50 pages of Yourcenar's book are slow and challenging. You may be tempted to set it aside. If you are under 40, you may well be bored. Fear not. It is not, perhaps, a book that speaks most directly to the young. But for anyone in their 40s or older, it is an extraordinarily rich and powerful work, a triumph of historical inquiry and imagination, such that the reader must remind him or herself that this is, technically, fiction. Reminiscent of the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (whom Hadrian is addressing), it mixes memoir, history, philosophy, and very-human failings and shortcomings, to present a portait of a man, his times, and the ancient Mediterranean world that will inspire further study and reading for years to come. The book's composition and Yourcenar's story are also of deep interest. If you read and enjoyed Robert Graves' justly famous and extraordinary "I, Claudius," book or TV series, you will likely be delighted by Yourcenar, as well.
