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Mémoires d'Hadrien
by Marguerite Yourcenar
Un chef d'oeuvre monumental. Déjà un fait de reconstruire la vie de l'Empereur ; il aurait dû être impossible d'en faire un mémoire au lieu d'un roman, mais Marguerite Yourcenar y a réussi, avec comme résultat une refléxion sincère et souvent bouleversante sur la nature humaine depuis le sommet d'un monde évoqué avec maîtrise et une précision étonnante.
(A monumental masterpiece. It's already a feat to reconstruct the Emperor's life; it should have been impossible to make it into a memoir as opposed to a novel, but Marguerite Yourcenar has done it, resulting in a sincere and often stunning reflection on human nature from the top of a world that is evoked with mastery and astonishing accuracy.)
(A monumental masterpiece. It's already a feat to reconstruct the Emperor's life; it should have been impossible to make it into a memoir as opposed to a novel, but Marguerite Yourcenar has done it, resulting in a sincere and often stunning reflection on human nature from the top of a world that is evoked with mastery and astonishing accuracy.)