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'''''Le Libera''''' (Éditions de Minuit, 1968), translated as '''''The Libera Me Domine''''', is the ninth [[novel]] by [[Swiss]]-born [[French writer]] [[Robert Pinget]]. The title is a reference to a Catholic liturgical chant sung at funerals ("''Libera me, Domine, de morte æterna, in die illa tremenda''" which translates as "Deliver me, O Lord, from death eternal on that fearful day").<ref>[https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09214a.htm ''Le Libera'' at New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia]</ref> | '''''Le Libera''''' (Éditions de Minuit, 1968), translated as '''''The Libera Me Domine''''', is the ninth [[novel]] by [[Swiss]]-born [[French writer]] [[Robert Pinget]]. The title is a reference to a Catholic liturgical chant sung at funerals ("''Libera me, Domine, de morte æterna, in die illa tremenda''" which translates as "Deliver me, O Lord, from death eternal on that fearful day").<ref>[https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09214a.htm ''Le Libera'' at New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
The novel was translated into English by [[Barbara Wright]] for [[Calder and Boyars]] in 1972.<ref>[https://lccn.loc.gov/72172356 ''The Libera me Domine'' at the Library of Congress]</ref>. The Red Dust edition includes a note from the author at the end of the text, not present in the original French. | The novel was translated into English by [[Barbara Wright]] for [[Calder and Boyars]] in 1972.<ref>[https://lccn.loc.gov/72172356 ''The Libera me Domine'' at the Library of Congress]</ref>. The [[Red Dust]] edition includes a note from the author at the end of the text, not present in the original French. | ||
==Background and composition== | ==Background and composition== | ||
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| Author | Robert Pinget |
|---|---|
| Original title | Le Libera |
| Translator | Barbara Wright |
| Language | French |
| Publisher | Éditions de Minuit, Calder & Boyars, Red Dust |
| Publication date | 1968 |
Published in English | 1972 |
| Pages | 215 |
| ISBN | 9780714503394 |
| LC Class | PZ4.P653 Li |
Le Libera (Éditions de Minuit, 1968), translated as The Libera Me Domine, is the ninth novel by Swiss-born French writer Robert Pinget. The title is a reference to a Catholic liturgical chant sung at funerals ("Libera me, Domine, de morte æterna, in die illa tremenda" which translates as "Deliver me, O Lord, from death eternal on that fearful day").[1]
The novel was translated into English by Barbara Wright for Calder and Boyars in 1972.[2]. The Red Dust edition includes a note from the author at the end of the text, not present in the original French.