Fermina Marquez by Valery Larbaud
The arrival of a beautiful young girl from Colombia stirs the imaginations of the students of Saint Augustine boy's school and ignites their passions in Valery Larbaud's seminal work, Fermina Marquez. Nominated for the prestigious Prix Goncourt, one of France's top literary honors, Fermina Marquez is a classic work of French literature.
In France, Valery Larbaud occupies an important position in 20th century literature. Born in Vichy in 1881, he taught himself 6 languages at an early age and set out to bring world literature into French. He was the first to translate Joseph Conrad, Thomas Hardy, Samuel Butler, Walt Whitman, and James Joyce (supervising the French translation of Ulysses), among many others. A writer of poetry as well as innovative prose, Larbaud had his career cut short by a stroke, and spent his last 20 years confined to his home. He died in 1957.
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| ISBN 13 | 9782070362257 |
| ISBN 10 | 2070362256 |
| Title | Fermina Marquez |
| Author | Valery Larbaud |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Gallimard |
| Year published | 1972-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 0 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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