The Prophecies: A Dual-Language Edition with Parallel Text - Couverture souple

Nostradamus

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0143107232 ISBN 13 : 9780143107231

Editeur : Penguin Publishing Group, 2013

Synopsis

The predictions of the sixteenth-century French astrologer Nostradamus have long proved captivating. He has been credited with anticipating the Great Fire of London, the rise of Adolf Hitler, and the September 11 terrorist attacks. Today, as the world grapples with financial meltdowns, global terrorism, and environmental disasters-as well as the Mayan prediction of the apocalypse on December 21, 2012-his prophecies of doom have assumed heightened relevance. A revelatory new translation with the original French on facing pages, this edition also features extensive introductory and supplementary material, all helping to illuminate the cultural, political, and historical forces that resonate throughout Nostradamus's epic and give it its visionary power.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Richard Sieburth (editor/translator) is an award-winning translator of works by Maurice Sceve, Henri Michaux, Michel Leiris, Georg Büchner, Walter Benjamin, and Friedrich Hölderlin. Sieburth teaches French and comparative literature at New York University.

Stéphane Gerson (editor/introducer) is an award-winning historian of modern France and the author of Nostradamus: How an Obscure Renaissance Astrologer Became the Modern Prophet of Doom. He teaches French history at New York University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Publishing Group
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0143107232
• ISBN 13: 9780143107231
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible