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Name: L'Œuvre au noir
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Author: Marguerite Yourcenar

📘 L'Œuvre au noir by Marguerite Yourcenar

Marguerite Yourcenar’s 1968 novel L'Œuvre au noir centers on Zénon, a physician, philosopher, scientist, and alchemist born in Bruges during the Renaissance, and chronicles his life and death. The work was released in France that same year, quickly captured public interest, and received unanimous acclaim, earning the Prix Femina. In 1988 Belgian filmmaker André Delvaux adapted the novel for the screen.

First publish date: 1991

Genre: History/Modern History

Authors: Marguerite Yourcenar

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