During the space of a day in Rome in 1933, a ten-lira coin passes through the hands of nine people - including an aging artist, a prostitute, and a would-be assassin of Mussolini. The coin becomes the symbol of contact between human beings, each lost in private passions and nearly impenetrable solitude.
"A Coin in Nine Hands has . . . passages that move close to poetry and a story that belongs in both literature and history." - Doris Grumbach, Los Angeles Times Book Review
"What lingers at the end of A Coin in Nine Hands is the shadowiness and puppetlike vagueness of the Dictator, and the compelling specificity of the so-called 'common people' revolving all around him." - Anne Tyler, The New Republic
"Within a few pages we have met half the major characters in this haunting, brilliantly constructed novel. . . . The studied perfection, the structural intricacy and brevity remind one of Camus. Yet by comparison, Yourcenar's prose is lavish, emotional and imagistic." - Cynthia King, Houston Post
"Transcends its specific time and place to become a portrait of vividly delineated characters caught in the vise of a tragically familiar political situation." - Publisher's Weekly
Best known as the author of Memoirs of Hadrian and The Abyss, Marguerite Yourcenar (1903-87) achieved countless literary honors and was the first woman ever elected to the Académie Française.
"A Coin in Nine Hands has . . . passages that move close to poetry and a story that belongs in both literature and history." - Doris Grumbach, Los Angeles Times Book Review
"What lingers at the end of A Coin in Nine Hands is the shadowiness and puppetlike vagueness of the Dictator, and the compelling specificity of the so-called 'common people' revolving all around him." - Anne Tyler, The New Republic
"Within a few pages we have met half the major characters in this haunting, brilliantly constructed novel. . . . The studied perfection, the structural intricacy and brevity remind one of Camus. Yet by comparison, Yourcenar's prose is lavish, emotional and imagistic." - Cynthia King, Houston Post
"Transcends its specific time and place to become a portrait of vividly delineated characters caught in the vise of a tragically familiar political situation." - Publisher's Weekly
Best known as the author of Memoirs of Hadrian and The Abyss, Marguerite Yourcenar (1903-87) achieved countless literary honors and was the first woman ever elected to the Académie Française.
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Hardback Editions
January 1995 : Hardback
| Title: A Coin in Nine Hands Author(s): Marguerite Yourcenar ISBN: 0-00-273003-0 / 978-0-00-273003-7 (UK edition) Publisher: The Harvill Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
January 1983 : Hardback
| Title: A Coin in Nine Hands Author(s): Marguerite Yourcenar ISBN: 0-85628-123-9 / 978-0-85628-123-5 (UK edition) Publisher: Aidan Ellis Publishing Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
November 1982 : Hardback
| Title: A Coin in Nine Hands Author(s): Marguerite Yourcenar ISBN: 0-374-12522-8 / 978-0-374-12522-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux (T) Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
June 1995 : Paperback
| Title: A Coin in Nine Hands Author(s): Marguerite Yourcenar ISBN: 1-86046-014-3 / 9781860460142 (UK edition) Publisher: The Harvill Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
June 1986 : Paperback
| Title: A Coin in Nine Hands Author(s): Marguerite Yourcenar ISBN: 0-374-51953-6 / 978-0-374-51953-7 (USA edition) Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3PL Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
October 1984 : Paperback
| Title: A Coin in Nine Hands (Black Swan) Author(s): Marguerite Yourcenar ISBN: 0-552-99120-1 / 978-0-552-99120-9 (UK edition) Publisher: Black Swan Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1982 : Paperback
| Title: A coin in nine hands; translated from the French by Dori Katz in collaboration with the author. Author(s): Marguerite Yourcenar Publisher: New York Farrar Straus Giroux 1982. Availability: Amazon More details... |
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