The Way to Paradise: A NovelA New York Times Notable Book |
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... Tahiti—in Papeete, then Paea, and finally 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 ...
... Tahiti as agricultural laborers but, because of the poor harvests and the ruin of some of the colonial estates, had migrated to Papeete, where they devoted themselves to running small businesses. Mayor François Cardella had authorized ...
... Tahiti? He didn't meet Titi Little-Tits in any of Papeete's seven little port bars, where sailors passing through went to get drunk and look for women, but rather in the big Market Square, an open space around a railed-off square ...
... Tahiti. Soon after they began living together, she agreed to accompany him to the interior of the island, far from Papeete. Paul explained that he had come to Polynesia to live the life of the natives, not a European life, and that to ...
... Tahiti for exactly eight months, he woke up one morning and discovered a farewell note. It was a model of concision: “Goodbye and no hard feelings, dear Paul.” He didn't mourn her much; really, once he was painting seriously, she had ...
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 | |