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... hear. What better way of becoming the savage he had long dreamed of being than to be shunned by the popa'a of Tahiti? He didn't meet Titi Little-Tits in any of Papeete's seven little port bars, where sailors passing through went to get ...
... hear her say good morning. For a week he was shut away, working constantly. He only left his studio at midday to eat some fruit in the shade of the leafy mango tree that grew beside the hut, or to open a can of food, and he persisted ...
... hear. “Aren't women allowed here?” “Decent women are,” exclaimed a drunken voice from the bar. “Harlots aren't.” He's the poet of the place, thought Florita. “I'm not a prostitute, gentlemen,” she explained, without losing her temper ...
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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 | |