A Voyage to the Island of the Articoles - Softcover

Maurois, Andre

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1933527625 ISBN 13: 9781933527628

Publisher: Turtle Point Press, 2012

Synopsis

"Dangerous, charming, and funny, this elegant miniature rediscovery will delight even brilliant minds."—Simon Van Booy

André Maurois' novella, published in the same year as Margaret Mead's Coming of Age in Samoa, is about a couple who become shipwrecked on an uncharted South Seas Island and discover a race of literary zealots for whom every subject and feeling needs to be expressed as a form of literary art. As explained by Alberto Manguel, "An Articole will publish not only his Intimate Journal, but also his Journal of My Intimate Journal; and his wife will publish My Husband's Journal of His Intimate Journal."

About this title

About the Author:

Andre Maurois: Andre Maurois, (1885-1967),a member of the French Academy, was one of the greatest biographers of the 20th century. In addition he wrote short stories, history, children's books and science fiction. Ariel, his biography of Shelley, was the very first Penguin Paperback.

Review:

"Maurois is wonderfully witty about the physical debilitation that results from having one's substance fed upon for the sake of illusory art." Wall Street Journal

"A Voyage to the Island of the Articoles has been nicely translated by Charlotte de Koch.... a curious little work, part adventure narrative, part cod anthropology...with a little love story thrown in...the book has the easy elegance one associates with Maurois."—Times Literary Supplement


"Maurois is wonderfully witty about the physical debilitation that results from having one's substance fed upon for the sake of illusory art."―Wall Street Journal

"A Voyage to the Island of the Articoles has been nicely translated by Charlotte de Koch.... a curious little work, part adventure narrative, part cod anthropology...with a little love story thrown in...the book has the easy elegance one associates with Maurois."—Times Literary Supplement

About this edition

• Publisher: Turtle Point Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1933527625
• ISBN 13: 9781933527628
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128