by Alain Absire · CALMANN-LEVY · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782702116258
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«L'Égal de Dieu» is the historical novel by Alain Absire, published by Calmann-Lévy in paperback (294 pages, in French).
In 1070, Odilon de Bernay, a monk at Jumièges Abbey, recalls his youth as a squire alongside Liébaut de Malbray on the Norman coast. His admiration for the lord turns into an obsessive passion that leads him to betrayal. Writing his confession, he relives the demons of the past and discovers the almost divine power of writing.
It won the Prix Femina in 1987, the same year as the first edition in France. The original French title is L'Égal de Dieu.
For readers of medieval historical fiction and French literary fiction, with a story of passion, guilt, and betrayal.
Alain Absire is a French writer, and winner of the Prix Femina, 1987, for L'Égal de Dieu.
