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Name: Two Lives and a Dream

Author: Marguerite Yourcenar
Year: 1982
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Fiction, Short Stories

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ISBNs:
9780226965291
9780374520915
0226965295
0374520917

Set in Rembrandt's Amsterdam, "An Obscure Man" is the story of Nathanael--innocent, open to experience--born 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.

"An Obscure Man swarms with life. This intricately researched, imaginative, beautifully written tale of a young man's brief life in the mid-17th century is entirely engrossing."--Leona Weiss, San Francisco Chronicle

"In these three stories, [Yourcenar] succeeds in making the essences of these past lives a part of the reader's future through the sheer intensity of their portrayal."--Margaret Ezell, Houston Chronicle