by Anatole France · Antígona · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789726081586
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«Thaïs» is the historical novel by Anatole France, published by Antígona in paperback (232 pages, in Portuguese).
In fourth-century Egypt, the novel follows Paphnutius, an ascetic monk who tries to convert the courtesan Thaïs, famous for her beauty, as Christianity leaves clandestinity behind with the decree of Constantine. France's prose combines elegance and emotional tension to portray a decadent society and the contradictions between faith, desire and holiness.
Portuguese translation by Manuel de Freitas; the original work by Anatole France was published in 1890.
For readers of historical fiction and French classics with an interest in moral and religious dilemmas.
Anatole France was a French poet, journalist, and novelist with several best-sellers. Ironic and skeptical, he was considered in his day the ideal French man of letters. He was a member of the Académie Française, and won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of his brilliant literary achievements, characterized as they are by a nobility of style, a profound human sympathy, grace, and a true Gallic temperament".
