Opus Nigrum / The Abyss

Marguerite Yourcenar

Opus Nigrum / The Abyss
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Country
Spain
Published
30 January 2018
Pages
448
ISBN
9786073157902

Opus Nigrum / The Abyss

Marguerite Yourcenar

Ambientada en la Europa del siglo XVI, Opus nigrum narra el tragico destino de un hombre excepcional y nos hace revivir la fascinante epoca que va de la Edad Media al Renacimiento.

Opus nigrum, una vieja formula alquimica para la obtencion de la Gran Obra y que tambien simboliza las pruebas del espiritu en su proceso de liberacion, es el titulo elegido por Marguerite Yourcenar para trazar la vida de Zenon, personaje inspirado en el quimico aleman Paracelso, el medico espanol Miguel Servet, el filosofo italiano Tommaso Campanella y Leonardo da Vinci.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Set in sixteenth century Europe, Opus Nigrum/ The Abyss retells the tragic destiny of an exceptional man and makes us live again through the fascinating time that spans from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance.

Opus Nigrum / The Abyss, an old alchemic formula for the Masterpiece which also symbolizes the evidence of the spirit in its process of liberation, is the title selected by Marguerite Yourcenar to outline the life of Zenon, a character inspired by the German chemist Paracelso, the Spanish doctor Miguel Servet, the Italian philosopher Tommaso Campanella, and Leonardo da Vinci.

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