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Madame Chrysantheme
Pierre Loti
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Pierre Loti was for many years an officer in the French Navy, giving him the opportunity to sample and analyze different national and cultural milieux, in which he deeply immersed himself. The present book, said to have formed the basis for the famous "Madame Butterfly" story, is presented as an autobiographical account of his marriage to a young Japanese woman while his ship was stationed in Nagasaki. His style is surprisingly modern for the period, perhaps anticipating Camus. His descriptions of summer in Nagasaki have a detail which is at the same time personal and detached, while his observations of the people are less than sympathetic. A sense of ennui and lack of conventional morality pervades.
Pierre Loti was for many years an officer in the French Navy, giving him the opportunity to sample and analyze different national and cultural milieux, in which he deeply immersed himself. The present book, said to have formed the basis for the famous "Madame Butterfly" story, is presented as an autobiographical account of his marriage to a young Japanese woman while his ship was stationed in Nagasaki. His style is surprisingly modern for the period, perhaps anticipating Camus. His descriptions of summer in Nagasaki have a detail which is at the same time personal and detached, while his observations of the people are less than sympathetic. A sense of ennui and lack of conventional morality pervades.
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Heavens! why, I know her already! Long before setting foot in Japan, I had met her, on every fan, on every teacup with her silly air, her puffy little face, her tiny eyes, mere gimlet-holes above those expanses of impossible pink and white cheeks.
She is young, that is all I can say in her favor; she is even so young that I should almost scruple to accept her. The wish to laugh leaves me suddenly, and instead, a profound chill seizes my heart. What! share even an hour of my life with that little doll? Never!
The next question is, how to get rid of her.
She advances smiling, with an air of repressed triumph, and behind her looms M. Kangourou, in his suit of gray tweed. Fresh salutes, and behold her on all fours, she too, before my landlady and before my neighbors. Yves, the big Yves, who is not about to be married. . . Read More
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Loti's account of his short marriage to a Japanese woman in Nagasaki became the source of the opera "Madame Butterfly," but expect no great romance in this book. Loti finds his wife quaint and nicely decorative, especially when she is asleep, but he is happier without her. Nevertheless, the descript
None of my friends have read this? How extraordinary! This book was part of the inspiration for Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly," however, Madame Chrysantheme doesn't commit suicide at the end. The book begins with an officer's fervent desire to get off the merchant boat he's working on, and head
J'ai lu ce livre pour avoir une idée plus précise du Japon et de leurs mœurs : et bien je n'ai pas été déçu ! Je pensais cependant que Pierre Loti était un contemporain, j'ai donc été surprise de retrouvé dans son roman le japon du 19e siècle, plein de tradition et qui n'est pas du tout le même que
Nagasaki 1945.... there are forebodings on every nook. Amazing...
Finished 12/14/08
I feel as though I want to write a full commentary book about this book. I first hated Loti and the way he carried himself when he first arrived in Japan, I haven't seen this air of smugness on previous books of his. T
Pierre Loti's Madame Chrysantheme is an unusual combination of a beautifully written work and a moral callousness that defies description. It is the tale of a French sailor on extended leave in Nagasaki, Japan, who arranges for a "temporary wife" with whom to bide his time until his ship sets sail a
Chiara Giribaldi, ottima attrice, ha tratto da questo romanzo un' eccellente piece sulla condizione della donna, confrontandola con la più nota Madame che ne è stata ispirata: Madame Butterfly. Ma mentre la povera Butterfly, romantica ed innocente, si strugge per un amore struggente e soprattutto sf
Diario di viaggio di un marinaio temporaneamente "bloccato" in Giappone. Il termine bloccato sembra qui decisamente appropriato in quanto l'autore accetta questa sua situazione con uno stato d'animo che si avvicina più alla rassegnazione che alla stimolazione data dall' interesse per l'incontro con