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Afloat

By Guy de Maupassant, Douglas Parmée (Translator), Douglas Parmée (Introduction)
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By Guy de Maupassant, Douglas Parmée (Translator), Douglas Parmée (Introduction)
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Afloat, originally published as Sur l’eau in 1888, is a book of dazzling but treacherously shifting currents, a seemingly simple logbook of a sailing cruise along the French Mediterranean coast that opens up to reveal unexpected depths, as Guy de Maupassant merges fact and fiction, dream and documentation in a wholly original style. Humorous and troubling stories, unreliable confessions, stray reminiscences, and thoughts on life, love, art, nature, and society all find a place in Maupassant...

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FictionTravelFiction SubjectsLiterary Styles & Movements - FictionEurope - TravelFiction Classics - OtherFrance - TravelFrance - General & Miscellaneous - Travel