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The Prophecies: A Dual-Language Edition with Parallel Text (Penguin Classics)
- Nostradamus
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Description for The Prophecies: A Dual-Language Edition with Parallel Text (Penguin Classics)
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HRQX; VXF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 322.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
322g
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780143107231
SKU
V9780143107231
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About - Nostradamus
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. ... Read more
Reviews for The Prophecies: A Dual-Language Edition with Parallel Text (Penguin Classics)
Freshly translated [and] stamped with the approval of the editors of the venerable Penguin Classics series ... this new dual-language edition of The Prophecies, translated by the excellent Richard Sieburth, makes a case for Nostradamus as a poet of sweep and impact
Dwight Garner
The New York Times
Dwight Garner
The New York Times