La Tentacion De San Antonio
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9788437621166 (843762116X)
Publish date: June 30th 2004
Publisher: Catedra
Pages no: 224
Edition language: Spanish
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Drama,
Religion,
19th Century,
France,
French Literature
At age 24, Flaubert saw Bruegel's painting, The Temptation of Saint Anthony, and decided he would turn it into a play. Like all his literary projects, he took it very seriously. He wanted to describe a 3rd century hermit sitting on a mountain-top in the Egyptian desert and being tempted by the Devil...