Prix Médicis めでぃしすしょう
Edition 17 (1974, held 2 times in year)
Fiction (French-language works)Translated works (Prix Médicis étranger)Essay/Non-fiction (Prix Médicis essai)
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1 peopleA historical novel framed as the memoir of a castrato in eighteenth-century Naples, where voice, body, desire, and theatricality intersect in a rich narrative.
A novel of historical imagination that reflects the brilliance of Neapolitan court culture.
352 pages
historical fictionNaplesmusicbodyFrench literature