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Livres anciens et modernes

Pears, Iain

The Dream of Scipio

Riverhead Books, 2002

40,00 €

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Détails

Année
2002
ISBN
157322202X
Lieu d'édition
New York
Auteur
Pears, Iain
Éditeurs
Riverhead Books
Edition
1st US Edition
Thème
HISTORICAL FICTION ANCIENT ROME SCIPIO PROVENCE
Description
As New
Description
H
Jaquette
Oui
Etat de conservation
Comme neuf
Reliure
Couverture rigide
Dédicacée
Non
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

. "May well be the best historical mystery ever written,".so brilliantly constructed, the author himself describes it as "a complexity." . the centuries are the fifth (the final days of the Roman Empire); the fourteenth (the years of the Black Death); and the twentieth (World War II). The setting for each is the same-Provence-and each has at its heart a love story. The narratives intertwine seamlessly, but what joins them thematically is an ancient text-"The Dream of Scipio"-a work of neo-Platonism that poses timeless philosophical questions. What is the obligation of the individual in a society under siege? What is the role of learning when civilization itself is threatened, whether by acts of man or nature? Does virtue lie more in engagement or in neutrality? "Power without wisdom is tyranny; wisdom without power is pointless," warns one of Pears's characters.e