Two Lives And A Dream

by Yourcenar, Marguerite; Kaiser, Walter

• ISBN13: 9780374520915
• ISBN10: 0374520917
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1988-03-01
• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux

Summary

Set in Rembrandt's Amsterdam, "An Obscure Man" is the story of Nathanaël-innocent, open to experience-born like Everyman upon the stream of life. In "A Lovely Morning," Nathanaël's young son joins a touring company of Jacobean actors. "Anna, soror . . .," the final tale, is an account of illicit passion in the baroque world of Naples."An Obscure Man swarms with life. This intricately researched, imaginative, beautifully written tale of a young man's brief life in the mid-17th century is entirely engrossing."-Leona Weiss, San Francisco Chronicle"In these three stories, [Yourcenar] succeeds in making the essences of these past lives a part of the reader's future through the sheer intensity of their portrayal."-Margaret Ezell, Houston Chronicle

Author Biography

Marguerite Yourcenar (1903-87) wrote plays, stories, poems, and novels, notable Memoirs of Hadrian. She was the first woman to be elected to the Academie Francaise.

Table of Contents

An Obscure Man A Lovely Morning Anna, Soror . . . Postfaces

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