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... Auxerre. She wasn't discouraged. Chin up, Florita. Things hadn't gone well, but they hadn't gone badly either. Putting yourself at the service of humanity was hard work, Andalusa. 2 The Spirit of the Dead Watches Mataiea, April 1892.
... Mataiea—wasn't his wife, properly speaking, just a lover. In the beginning, everyone called him Paul. He had arrived in Papeete at dawn on June 9, 1891, after a journey of two and a half months from Marseille, with stops at Aden and ...
... comfortable, and then in Mataiea, some sixtyfive miles from Papeete. There, he rented a hut on the bay, from which he could bathe in the sea. Across the bay was a small island, and behind the hut rose a steep wall of sharp.
... Mataiea, he began to paint, with true creative fury. And in the hours spent smoking his pipe and sketching, or standing in front of his easel, he lost interest in Titi Little-Tits, whose incessant talk distracted him. After painting he ...
... Mataiea, followed on foot by his brand-new acquisition, a local beauty who spoke charming French and was carrying all her belongings on her shoulder. He offered to sit her on the horse's rump, but the girl refused, as if he had proposed ...
Contents
Mysterious Waters | |
The Shadow of Charles Fourier | |
Annah from Java | |
News from Peru | |
Portrait of Aline Gauguin | |
Nevermore | |
Arequipa | |
What Are | |
The Nun Gutiérrez | |
Wrestling with the Angel | |
The Battle of Cangallo | |
The House of Pleasure | |
Words to Change the World | |