Le coup de lune (French Edition)
Timar wondered what, if anything, [the oarsmen] thought about him personally, or if all white men were alike to them. As for him, it was the first time he was observing blacks otherwise than as decorative figures.
We are accustomed to look upon the shackled form of a conquered monster, but there — there you could look at a thing monstrous and free. The second issue with Tropic Moon has nothing to do with colonial or racial politics, but rather with whether, as a novel, it is any good.
Phillips: NY, Alexander Calder
This is not the case in Tropic Moon. The best parts of the book are those that revolve around the characters and ambience of the Central Hotel. Simenon is, of course, adept and sketching such a milieu, and the routines, petty jealousies and sexual dalliances of the characters are skilfully drawn. The episode seems a contrivance: It allows Simenon to share the impressions of his African adventure, but does little to advance the plot and dissipates the claustrophobic atmosphere which has been built up.
Tropic Moon is, then, an uncomfortable and unsatisfying read, one perhaps of more interest to students of colonial literature than to casual readers of Simenon. First published as Le Coup de Lune , Translation by Stuart Gilbert. Within a month, however, Timar cannot imagine returning home to La Rochelle: The journey affords Simenon the opportunity to share some his impressions of Africa and for his protagonist to contemplate his relationship to the native people: This site uses cookies.
Bouquet multicolore Multicolored Bouquet. La lune dans le bouquet The Moon in the Bouquet. Le cirque ambulant The Traveling Circus.
Visage de faune Faun's Face. Les deux baigneuses Two Bathers. James Jacques Joseph Tissot.
Le dimanche matin Sunday Morning. Sich umarmendes Paar Embracing Couple. Desnudo de Frida Kahlo. Twenty-two Constructions from Eight Variations for Galerie Heiner Friedrich.
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Forms Derived from a Cube Colors Superimposed. Sixteen Photographic Portraits and One Self-portrait Onkel Rudi Uncle Rudi.
by Georges Simenon
Lithographic Water Made of Lines and Crayon. Tooth Brushes and Glass. The End of Pain. Flash - November 22, Life Savers, from Ads. Van Heusen Ronald Reagan , from Ads. Moonscape, from 11 Pop Artists, Volume I. Yvonne, from Black Dress Series. Joanna, from Men in the Cities. Angel's Wing large version. Homenatge a Joan Prats: Pitcher gothique avec des oiseaux Gothic Pitcher with Birds.
Alexander Calder
Grasshopper sur une branche Grasshopper on a Branch. Petite soleil Little Sun. Hen sujet Hen Subject. The Face in the Windmill. After 50 Years of Surrealism. Page de titre Title Page , from La Bible. Ma belle aura de moi demain une colombe My Beautiful Aura of me Tomorrow a Dove Nous habitons parmi les fleurs We Live Among the Flowers Reclining Woman on Beach. Portrait of Frau H. Arbres Black and Yellow. Grande A avec moustaches.
Clair de lune ...
To and for Rose Selavy. Suite d'ombres transparents Suite of Transparent Shadows. Vers le blanc infini Towards White Infinity. Etching Xa Eau-forte Xa. Rattles Vermelles; and Calligraphie Blanche. Eclipse, from Rufino Tamayo 15 Etchings. Spun for James Kirsch. Formulation Articulation I and II.
Le Coup de Lune
Plate 01, from Five Forms Derived from a Cube. Multiple Panel Paintings, A Book of Silk Screen Prints. Untitled Floor Rubbing, black. Untitled Film Forum Print. Sky Hook, from Stoned Moon Series.