Title : Ramuntcho - Pierre Loti - Book
Summary :
Pierre Loti, in his novel Ramuntcho, published in 1892, describes a traditional and almost caricatured Basque Country, much to the chagrin of some defenders of Basque identity. Yet, Pierre Loti skillfully depicts the Basque soul and country, and this book has become an emblematic work. Ramuntcho, a smuggler, loves Gracieuse. Gracieuse loves Ramuntcho and promises to marry him when he returns from military service. However, the separation lasts three years, during which Gracieuse's mother goes on a rampage: rather than give her to Franchita's son, she prefers to lock her up in a convent. Can't one escape from a convent? A sacrilegious but very tempting project for a lover, a kidnapping that will be botched... Here we find Pierre Loti's literary vein. It's a slightly sad love story, but also one of adventure, in a unique setting: the Basque Country, the adopted home of the author who lived in Sare and died in Hendaye. A special region where young people dance, play pelota, and occasionally do some smuggling. The description of the Basque Country is largely responsible for the immense success of Ramuntcho. Today's reader will take great pleasure in reading this powerful story of the conquest and loss of a lost paradise. The author: Pierre Loti, Julien Viaud by his real name, was a naval officer, a great traveler, and above all a novelist. He was born on January 14, 1850, to Nadine Texier and Jean-Théodore Viaud, a Protestant family dominated by women - the mother and aunts - and of which Julien was the youngest son. Accepted into the Naval Academy in Paris, he went to sea in 1870 as a first-class midshipman, following the example of his beloved Gustave. He never stopped traveling the world by boat. His work, often autobiographical, takes us to Turkey (Aziyadé), Senegal (The Novel of a Spahi) or Japan (Madame Chrysanthemum, which was a huge success and inspired Puccini's Madame Butterfly). But the setting of his novels was not always so distant: with Pêcheurs d'Islande, he describes the life of Breton fishermen. Ramuntcho is set in this Basque land that Loti loved so much and where he ended his life. He was elected to the Académie française against Émile Zola.
- EAN: 9782365750257
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