The Four Wise Men

The Four Wise Men (French: Gaspard, Melchior et Balthazar) is a 1980 novel by Michel Tournier, published by Éditions Gallimard. Ralph Manheim translated the work into English, and the translation was first published in the United States by Doubleday and Company in 1982,[1] and in the United Kingdom by William Collins, Sons in 1982.[2]

It is currently published in English by Johns Hopkins University Press.

It is a variation of the Biblical Magi tale.[1]

Jonathan Baumbach of The New York Times wrote that the words in the English translation were "a mix of modern idiom and literary diction".[1]

  1. ^ a b c Baumbach, Jonathan (1982-10-24). "BUT TAOR HAD A SWEET TOOTH". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-06-23. [...]the story of the Magi in[...]
  2. ^ Weightman, John (1982-11-14). "We four kings of Orient are". The Observer. London. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.