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L'ete Grec: Une Grece Quotidienne De 4000 Ans
1986réf. 029005Paris: Plon 1986. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good DJ. 21 Illustrastions And 2 Maps 51 Illustrations Hor-Texte. 457 Pp. Catalog At End. Black Cloth Stamped In Silver. Copyright 1975 Colophon Shows 1986 Printing Date And Text Includes Additions Through At Least 1982. Inscribed At Length By The Author In 1987 To "Vania". Book Fine No Wear Or Stains; Dj Would Be Near Fine Trace Of Rubbing At Corners But Some Wear At Upper Corners Minute Losses At Top Of Spine And 1 1/2" Closed Tear At Top Of Rear Panel. Date Stamp Jun 11 1990 On Half Title. Per Wikipedia Jacques Lacarrière 1925 - 2005 Was A French Writer Born In Limoges. He Studied Moral Philosophy Classical Literature And Hindu Philosophy And Literature. Professionally He Was Known As A Prominent Critic Journalist And Essayist.A Passionate Admirer Of Ancient Greece And Its Mythology Lacarrière Wrote About It Extensively. His Essay L'été Grec Greek Summer Was An Immense Popular Success. His Classical Works Maria Of Egypt And Dictionnaire Amoureux De La Grèce Dictionary For One Who Loves Greece Were Also Successes. Of Interest To Ethnographers And Ecologists Is His Chemin Faisant: Mille Kilomètres À Pied À Travers La France 1974 On The Way: One Thousand Kilometers By Foot Across France. It Was Based On His Walking Across France In 1971 When He Kept To Small Roads And Byways Stopping At Villages. Beginning In August He Traveled From Saverne In The Vosges Reaching Leucate In November Which Is Located In The Corbières. It Was Reprinted By Fayard In 1997 With A Postscript Entitled "Memory Of Roads" And Addition Of Selected Letters From Readers. It Was Released Again In 2014 Again By Fayard. Lacarrière's 1973 Literary Essay Les Gnostiques Is Well Respected For Its Insights Into The Early Christian Religious Movement Of Gnosticism. The Writer Had Met English Author Lawrence Durrell In 1971 Who Had Been Studying Some Gnostic Texts Since The Early 1940S. Durrell Featured Gnosticism As A Plot Element In The Novels Of His The Avignon Quintet 1974 To 1985. He Also Wrote A "Foreword" To The 1974 English Translation Of Lacarrière's Essay. He Was Correspondent Member Of Greek Writers Association "Unifying Process Of Authors". For The Whole Of His Work In 1991 Lacarrière Was Awarded Le Grand Prix De L'académie Française The Great Prize Of The French Academy. Plon hardcover
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