An Iceland Fisherman (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781417984510)

An Iceland Fisherman is a classic novel written by French author Pierre Loti. The story follows the life of a young fisherman named Yann Gaos, who lives in a small village in Brittany, France. Yann is a skilled fisherman and is known for his bravery and strength. One day, he meets a beautiful woman named Gaud, and they fall in love. However, their happiness is short-lived when Gaud dies during childbirth.Devastated by the loss of his beloved, Yann decides to leave his village and travel to Iceland to start a new life. He becomes a successful fisherman and earns the respect of the local community. However, Yann is haunted by the memory of Gaud and struggles to move on.The novel explores themes of love, loss, and the struggle to find meaning in life. It is a poignant and emotional story that captures the beauty and harshness of life in a remote fishing village. An Iceland Fisherman is a timeless classic that has been translated into many languages and continues to be read and loved by readers around the world.1902. From the French Classical Romances. Translated from the French with a critical introduction by his Excellency M. Jules Cambon Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to the United States. A frontispiece and numerous other portraits with descriptive notes by Octave Uzanne. After joining the French Navy, Loti (pen name of Louis Julien Marie Viaud) saw the world from shipboard. He spent long months among the palm groves of the South Seas; he visited the scorching coast of Senegal and the seas of Iceland. A prolific writer, Loti used every strange and exotic scene as a background for his romance novels. The book begins: There they were, five huge, square-built seamen, drinking away together in the dismal cabin, which reeked of fish-pickle and bilge-water. The overhead beams came down too low for their tall statures, and rounded off at one end so as to resemble a gull's breast, seen from within. The whole rolled gently with a monotonous wail, inclining one slowly to drowsiness. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Author: Pierre Loti
ISBN-10: 1417984511
ISBN-13: 9781417984510
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Language: English
Published: 01/11/2005
Pages: 332
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.74d