Pierre Loti / Sylvain Sauvage - Madame Chrysanthème - 1936

An exciting vellum edition illustrated with in-text drawings and 12 color plates hors-texte of this travelogue and exotic love story that holds a special place in the writer’s body of work, blending personal memories, descriptions of landscapes, observations of Japanese customs, and meditation on the strangeness of encounters between two cultures -

First published in 1887, the novel draws on Pierre Loti’s stay in Japan while he was a naval officer and tells of his temporary marriage to a young Japanese woman named Chrysanthème, an arrangement then possible in the particular context of Japanese ports frequented by foreign sailors -

The narrative does not rest on a traditional literary plot based on a lasting passion, but rather on a succession of impressions, daily scenes and tableaux in which the narrator describes his Japanese environment with a blend of fascination, curiosity and distance -

Pierre Loti / Sylvain Sauvage - Madame Chrysanthème - 1936 - Calmann-Lévy -
219 Pages.

Good binding condition, paperback in its full original soft cover with its glossy finish, showing signs of use, some minor flaws on covers and spine, cover worn, speckled edges, smooth spine adorned and titled, as well as the first cover -

Good interior condition, browning, title page printed in red and black and adorned with a fine engraving, the work enriched with in-text drawings and 12 color plates hors-texte, good copy -

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