Kyle Harrison
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The Abyss (Marguerite Yourcenar)
The Abyss (L'Œuvre au noir)
- Author
- Marguerite Yourcenar
- Published
- 1968
- Pages
- 376
- Recommended
- Once
The Abyss (Marguerite Yourcenar)
Why it’s on the list: Zeno — physician, alchemist and philosopher — moving through sixteenth-century Flanders as the Reformation closes the space in which a free mind can work.
Where I saw it: A reply to @moseskagan’s question on X, April 13, 2025 — “What historical fiction should I read next?” — recovered from that thread and saved to Kyle’s Apple Note “Books To Read”. Thread: https://x.com/moseskagan/status/1911280597928231261
Published in French as L’Œuvre au noir; the English title is The Abyss. Suffixed with the author because the bare title is generic.
Connections
- What historical fiction should I… (tweet) — the saved thread this recommendation came from.
- Historical Fiction
- Renaissance
- Philosophy