Two lives and a dream
By: Marguerite Yourcenar ; translated by Walter Kaiser in collaboration with the author.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Published: 1987
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
Description: Set in Rembrandt's Amsterdam, An Obscure Man is the story of Nathanael - innocent, open to experience, borne like Everyman upon the stream of life. In A Lovely Morning, Nathanael's young son joins a touring company of Jacobean actors. Anna, soror ..., the final tale, is an account of illicit passion in the baroque world of Naples.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Translation of: Comme l'eau qui coule.
Table of contents: title: An obscure man; title: A lovely morning; title: Anna, soror; title: Postfaces.