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Lot n° 31

CAILLOIS Roger

Pontius Pilate. First edition, published in Paris, by Gallimard - NRF, in 1961. Covered with a brocaded cover. Well preserved copy: usual rubbings on the headdresses. Inside fresh and without freckles. Roger Caillois, born March 3, 1913 in Reims and died December 21, 1978 in the Kremlin-Bicêtre, is a French writer, sociologist and literary critic, translator of Borges. (wikipedia) "Pontius Pilate is a tale which takes place between the moment the protagonist learns that the Sanhedrin has condemned Christ to death, and the next day, when the author imagines that the Procurator of Judea will release him, so that Christianity will not take place."