by Michèle Desbordes · Edaf Antillas · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788441407077
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«La petición» is the novel by Michèle Desbordes, published by Edaf Antillas in paperback (144 pages, in Spanish).
Set at the beginning of the 16th century, it narrates the arrival in France of an elderly Italian painter, also an engineer, sculptor and architect, who enters the service of the king. He must drain the marshes of Sologne, bring the Loire to Chambord and build a castle, with a silent maid as witness to his work.
Subtitled «Una historia» on the cover, it was a finalist for the 1999 Prix Goncourt. The Spanish edition appeared in 2000.
Reading for those interested in contemporary fiction with historical setting and an intimate tone.
Michèle Desbordes was a French writer. A curator of university libraries, she received several awards for her story La Demande devoted to Leonardo da Vinci.
