by François René de Chateaubriand · Alianza Editorial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788491811084
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In "Memoirs from Beyond the Grave", François René de Chateaubriand merges the personal and the universal, intertwining his domestic life with his career as a statesman. Published posthumously, these memoirs offer a free analysis of his complex literary, sentimental, and political life, including his intervention in Spanish affairs in 1823 and the key events of French history, such as the French Revolution and the reigns of Louis XVIII, Charles X, and Louis Philippe of Orleans. Also noteworthy are his descriptions of travels through America, England, Italy, and other places. This selection presents the most relevant moments of a work that establishes a dialectic between memory and time, influencing the work of Marcel Proust.
