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Pierre Loti (1850-1923) was a French naval officer, traveler, and novelist. Many of his novels deal with exotic themes, drawn from the author's experiences in India, Turkey, and the Middle East. Lives of Two Cats, first published in 1900, is an affectionate memoir about two cats who were cared for by the author's mother and aunt during his extended periods of travel.

Fue uno de los novelistas franceses más populares y respetados de finales del siglo XIX y principios del siglo XX.

C'est lors d'une mission à Istanbul, alors qu'il est jeune officier de marine, que Pierre Loti tombe sous le charme d'Aziyadé, une jeune femme enfermée dans un harem. Pierre Loti fait pénétrer le lecteur dans l'intimité de sa liaison orientale avec la belle Aziyadé, l'odalisque de Stamboul.

C'est l'histoire d'un amour longtemps jugé impossible que nous conte ce roman, entre Gaud, fille d'un commerçant de Paimpol, et Yann, le pêcheur, de ceux qu'on nomme les "Islandais".

Encore enfant, Pierre Loti avait rêvé devant les images évocatrices de la cité d'Angkor. Ce n'est que bien longtemps après qu'il réalise son rêve lorsqu'il fait le voyage d'Angkor en 1901 lors d'une escale.

Pierre Loti born to a Protestant family, Loti's education began in his birthplace, Rochefort, Charente-Maritime. At age 17 he entered the naval school in Brest and studied at Le Borda. He gradually rose in his profession, attaining the rank of captain in 1906. In January 1910 he went on the reserve list. SAILORS' YARNS: Within the tropics, on a wondrous evening when the Southern trades were blowing with their balmiest softness, the corporeal portion of his being tired with a healthy muscular fatigue, gently lulled by the slumberous rhythmic motion of the ship.

SEA STORIES tells the entire tale. You will find excerpts of some of the most famous nautical stories of all time. Most of us have passed through a period of life during which we have ardently longed to be, if not actually a rover, a buccaneer, or a pirate, at least and really a sailor!

Sulle coste tempestose della Bretagna, si consuma l'amore tormentato tra una ragazza di città e un giovane pescatore, i cui destini sono legati al mare... Il piccolo villaggio di Paimpol conosce solo due stagioni: quella in cui si parte per le battute di pesca verso la lontana Islanda e quella in cui si torna a casa (anche se non sempre al completo). Quando la sofisticata Gaud, cresciuta a Parigi, conosce l’impenetrabile Yann, le crudeli regole del mare sembrano per un attimo annullarsi. Ma forse è solo un’illusione, un miraggio che si perde nell’enigma eterno delle onde.