by Honoré de Balzac · Celeste · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788482112527
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«El Hechicero» is the novel by Honoré de Balzac, published by Celeste in paperback (312 pages, in Spanish).
Published in 1822 under the pseudonym Horace de Saint-Aubin, this early work by Balzac tells in a Faustian key the story of Beringheld, a man who has prolonged his life by absorbing the vital energy of the dying; when he cures a seriously ill patient, his strength is exhausted and he must take another life. The action takes place during the Napoleonic campaigns.
The work was originally published as Le centenaire, ou Les deux Béringheld; the Celeste edition (2000) belongs to the Infernaliana collection.
Suitable for readers aged 12 and up, especially for those seeking classics and the origins of science fiction.
Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie humaine, described as a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus.
