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An anonymous reviewer in ''The Virginia Quarterly Review'' writes: "Like Beckett, with whom he has marked affinity, Pinget concerns himself with the | An anonymous reviewer in ''The Virginia Quarterly Review'' writes: "Like Beckett, with whom he has marked affinity, Pinget concerns himself with the | ||
timbre of human speech in its more problematic self-definitions. Apart from ''L'Inquisitoire'', ''Libera Me Domine'' is Pinget's most notable accomplishment,and one which challenges the assimilative ingenuity of the cleverest reader of contemporary fiction."<ref>''The Virginia Quarterly Review'', Summer 1979, Vol. 55, No. 3, p. 98.</ref> | timbre of human speech in its more problematic self-definitions. Apart from ''L'Inquisitoire'', ''Libera Me Domine'' is Pinget's most notable accomplishment,and one which challenges the assimilative ingenuity of the cleverest reader of contemporary fiction."<ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/26436285 ''The Virginia Quarterly Review'', Summer 1979, Vol. 55, No. 3, p. 98.]</ref> | ||
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| Author | Robert Pinget |
|---|---|
| Original title | Le Libera |
| Translator | Barbara Wright |
| Language | French |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Éditions de Minuit Calder & Boyars Red Dust |
| Publication date | 1968 |
| Publication place | Paris |
Published in English | 1972 |
| Media type | |
| 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.
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Plot summary
Reception
An anonymous reviewer in The Virginia Quarterly Review writes: "Like Beckett, with whom he has marked affinity, Pinget concerns himself with the timbre of human speech in its more problematic self-definitions. Apart from L'Inquisitoire, Libera Me Domine is Pinget's most notable accomplishment,and one which challenges the assimilative ingenuity of the cleverest reader of contemporary fiction."[3]
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