by Marguerite Yourcenar · ALFAGUARA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420422152
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«El tiro de gracia» is the romantic and historical novel by Marguerite Yourcenar, published by Alfaguara in paperback (142 pages, in Spanish).
The novel is set against the backdrop of the First World War and its aftermath in the Baltic countries, where Eric, a Prussian officer, lives with Conrad and Sophie. Among the three, a triangle is woven marked by friendship, unrequited love and death, with an oppressive atmosphere that evokes a classical tragedy.
Translated by Emma Calatayud; the edition belongs to the Literaturas collection. The original novel, Le Coup de grâce, was published in 1939.
Marguerite Yourcenar was a Belgian-born French novelist and essayist who became a US citizen in 1947. Winner of the Prix Femina and the Erasmus Prize, she was the first woman elected to the Académie Française, in 1980. In 1965, she was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
