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Esquisses martiniquaises

Esquisses martiniquaises

Lafcadio Hearn

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Editorial:
Prodinnova
Año de edición:
2025
Materia
Historia
ISBN:
9782379763205
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' Lorsque vous vous trouvez pour la première fois, par un jour sans ombres, à Saint-Pierre, la délicieuse ville des Antilles, pour peu que vous ayez le sens de la poésie et des souvenirs classiques, il se glissera dans votre imagination une impression de déjà vu il y a très, très longtemps de cela, vous ne sauriez dire où. Cette sensation est comparable à celle d’un rêve, d’un rêve très heureux, dont vous n’avez gardé qu’un souvenir imprécis. La simplicité et la solidité de l’architecture bizarre, l’excentricité des rues gaies et étroites tout embrasées de chauds coloris, les teintes des toits et des murs, vieillis par des striures et des tâches vertes et grises de moisissures, l’absence surprenante de châssis aux fenêtres, de vitres, de becs de gaz et de cheminées, la délicatesse de fleur du ciel bleu, la splendeur de la lumière tropicale et la chaleur du vent tropical, - tout cela vous produira moins l’impression d’une scène d’aujourd’hui que la sensation de quelque chose qui a été et qui n’est plus...'

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