Afloat (Sur L'Eau) - de Maupassant, Guy
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Afloat (Sur L'Eau) returns to the surface after decades in the shadow of literary history, a crisp, masterful reunion of sea-worn truth and human folly. A voyage through fin de siécle France, it invites readers to linger on the northern French coast where lives collide with tide and fate. This edition highlights Maupassant's keen eye for both the sea and the social currents that pull people toward peril and revelation. The stories sit at the heart of french nineteenth century fiction, a precise sea tales collection that blends maritime tragedy themes with a stark realist sensibility. It's more…mehr

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Afloat (Sur L'Eau) returns to the surface after decades in the shadow of literary history, a crisp, masterful reunion of sea-worn truth and human folly. A voyage through fin de siécle France, it invites readers to linger on the northern French coast where lives collide with tide and fate. This edition highlights Maupassant's keen eye for both the sea and the social currents that pull people toward peril and revelation. The stories sit at the heart of french nineteenth century fiction, a precise sea tales collection that blends maritime tragedy themes with a stark realist sensibility. It's more than a window into maupassant short stories; it's a compact study of love and social critique, of honour, risk and the ways ordinary people chase meaning under pressure. For the modern reader, the prose feels immediate, lucid and brave, a literature student resource and a classic reader collection rolled into one. Launched back into the public sphere after being out of print for decades, this volume has been restored for today's and future generations. It is not merely a reprint, but a cultural treasure that honours fin de siecle france and the tradition of northern French coast storytelling. An essential find for casual readers and classic-literature collectors alike, it sits alongside jules verne nautical fiction in the pantheon of enduring, human-scale storytelling.
Autorenporträt
Boule de Suif (French pronunciation: ¿[bul d¿ s¿if]), translated variously as Dumpling, Butterball, Ball of Fat, or Ball of Lard, is a famous short story by the late 19th-century French writer Guy de Maupassant, first published on 15/16 April 1880. It is arguably his most famous short story and is the title story for his collection on the Franco-Prussian War, titled Boule de Suif et Autres Contes de la Guerre (Dumpling and Other Stories of the War).