My Journey from Paris to Java
Nonfiction, Travel, Asia, Southeast, Biography & Memoir, Literary, Fiction & Literature
| Author: | Honore de Balzac | ISBN: | 9789814260572 |
| Publisher: | Editions Didier Millet | Publication: | June 16, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Honore de Balzac |
| ISBN: | 9789814260572 |
| Publisher: | Editions Didier Millet |
| Publication: | June 16, 2011 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
My Journey from Paris to Java is a short fantasy diversion to the mystical island of Java, where Balzac, or rather the narrateur, encounters a deadly poison-breathing tree, civilised monkeys, a love-sick sparrow and that epitome of Oriental desirability of his day - the women of Java.
Written just before he started on the multi-volume La Comedie humaine, this charmingly small work was nevertheless much loved by Balzac and provides a breathtaking view of his imagination
My Journey from Paris to Java is a short fantasy diversion to the mystical island of Java, where Balzac, or rather the narrateur, encounters a deadly poison-breathing tree, civilised monkeys, a love-sick sparrow and that epitome of Oriental desirability of his day - the women of Java.
Written just before he started on the multi-volume La Comedie humaine, this charmingly small work was nevertheless much loved by Balzac and provides a breathtaking view of his imagination
