The Pleasure of the Coast: A Hydro-graphic Novel (Q10041)
creative work by J. R. Carpenter
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | The Pleasure of the Coast: A Hydro-graphic Novel |
creative work by J. R. Carpenter |
Statements
2019
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I summon simply a circular memory: the impossibility of living outside the infinite coast. (English)
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I left for another world as for a coasting voyage, innocently; trying to see all of France, like an island, as I left it behind. I made a sketch of the land commencing with those parts which, being most remote, were the least liable to change in appearance. I savoured the sway of formulas, the reversal of origins, the ease which brings the anterior coast out of the subsequent coast. At last the s… (English)
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