by Prosper Mérimée · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789727722204
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«O Céu e o Inferno» is the work by Prosper Mérimée published by Edições Colibri in paperback, in Portuguese.
A tale set in the Iberian Peninsula: Dona Urraca de Pimentel, lover of Dom Pablo Romero, driven by senseless jealousy, denounces him to the inquisitor Frei Bartolomeu. The work shows the clash between amorous passion and ecclesiastical power, with a marked anticlericalism and Mérimée's corrosive style.
With translation by Fernando Mora Ramos and Christine Zurbach; 2001 edition.
For readers with command of Portuguese who want a tale by Prosper Mérimée with an inquisitorial setting.
Prosper Mérimée was a French writer in the movement of Romanticism, one of the pioneers of the novella, a short novel or long short story. He was also a noted archaeologist and historian, an important figure in the history of architectural preservation. He is best known for his novella Carmen, which became the basis of Bizet's opera Carmen. He learned Russian, a language for which he had great affection, before translating the work of several notable Russian writers, including Pushkin and Gogol, into French. From 1830 until 1860 he was the inspector of French historical monuments, responsible for the protection of many historic sites, including the medieval citadel of Carcassonne and the restoration of the façade of the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris. Along with the writer George Sand, he discovered the series of tapestries called The Lady and the Unicorn, arranging for their preservation. He was instrumental in the creation of Musée national du Moyen Âge in Paris, where the tapestries now are displayed. The official database of French monuments, the Base Mérimée, bears his name.
