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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 1975. | |||
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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").[1]
The novel was translated into English by Barbara Wright for Calder and Boyars in 1975.