Le malheur est que, parfois, des souhaits s'accomplissent, afin que se perpétue le supplice de l'espérance.
Denier du rêve (1934), translated as A Coin in Nine Hands (1994) by Dori Katz, Ch. 3, p. 31 ISBN 0-226-96527-9
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A Coin in Nine Hands
Marguerite Yourcenar
Original title
Denier du rêve
(French, 1934)
A Coin in Nine Hands is a 1934 novel by the French writer Marguerite Yourcenar. A reworked edition was published in 1959.
