» Details
Rolin, Dominique
Divine Madman
Translated by Elaine L. Corts
Series: Belgian Francophone Library - Volume 17
Year of Publication: 2006
New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2006. XII, 147 pp.
ISBN 978-0-8204-7104-4 hardback
(Hardcover)
Weight: 0.370 kg, 0.816 lbs
- Hardcover:
- SFR 67.00
- €* 59.20
- €** 60.80
- € 55.30
- £ 44.00
- US$ 71.95
- Hardcover
» Currency of invoice
* includes VAT – valid for Germany and EU customers without VAT Reg No
** includes VAT - only valid for Austria
Book synopsis
This novel begins as on his deathbed, the painter, through the eyes of his beautiful young wife, steps back into his past... Caught between two realities, Pieter Brueghel, born to poverty and oppression, was also divinely gifted. In his studio, he would turn into a madman, wildly seeking his double who had been sent by God to reveal the truth of creation. This double would enter into his body to paint some of the finest paintings the world has ever seen.
About the author(s)/editor(s)
The Author: Dominique Rolin was born in 1913 in Brussels where she studied art. She began her career as a novelist in 1942 and settled in Paris in 1946. In 1952 she won the Prix Femina for Le Souffle. Since then she has received many honors and prizes and has published more than forty novels.
The Translator: Elaine L. Corts received her doctorate in comparative literature from Binghamton University, State University of New York, where she is currently Research Associate. She has translated several poems of the French-American Symbolist poet, Stuart Merrill, several short stories of Colette, and H by Philippe Sollers.
Series
Belgian Francophone Library. Vol. 17
General Editor: Donald Flanell Friedman