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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 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>

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The Libera me Domine
AuthorRobert Pinget
Original titleLe Libera
TranslatorBarbara Wright
LanguageFrench
PublisherÉditions de Minuit, Calder & Boyars, Red Dust
Publication date1968
Published in English
1972
Pages215
ISBN9780714503394
LC ClassPZ4.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]

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