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Lädt ... Die Tochter des Gobernators (1994)27 | Keine | 862,694 |
(3) | 1 | The Governor's Daughter is an extraordinary tale of innocence adrift in a monstrous world. Set just after World War I in the French penal colony in Cayenne, French Guiana, it is the story of Chrétienne, the seven-year-old daughter of the colony's governor and his obsessively devout wife, whom the convicts acidly call the "Mother of God." Chrétienne's disarmingly clear view of the adults with whom she lives--her pious parents and the notorious convicts in their charge--is both hilarious and harrowing. Her parents, driven by their desire for sainthood, subject Chrétienne and the prisoners alike to inhuman rigors and coldness. Denied it by her family, the child finds human contact among the convicts, especially the Chinese murderer Tang. Pervading all is the grotesque yet fascinating atmosphere of the penal colony and its colonial setting--an atmosphere that we discover through the alert, inquisitive consciousness of a young girl. Constant's portrayal of Chrétienne and her frightening life in the penal colony is unforgettable--the work of a major literary, and satiric, talent. The Governor's Daughter is one of the most acclaimed French novels of recent years.… (mehr) |
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Die erste Erinnerung der Tochter des Gouverneurs der Strafkolonie von Cayenne in ihrer Eigenschaft als Gobernatorstochter - denn sie hatte schon so viele Erinnerungen, wie ein kleines Mädchen von sieben Jahren eben haben kann - knüpft sich an das Fallreep, das nachts mitten im Ozean die Verbindung zwischen dem grossen Überseedampfer und der Schaluppe der Strafkolonie, des Bagnos von Cayenne, herstellte. | |
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▾Literaturhinweise Literaturhinweise zu diesem Werk aus externen Quellen. Wikipedia auf Englisch (1)▾Buchbeschreibungen The Governor's Daughter is an extraordinary tale of innocence adrift in a monstrous world. Set just after World War I in the French penal colony in Cayenne, French Guiana, it is the story of Chrétienne, the seven-year-old daughter of the colony's governor and his obsessively devout wife, whom the convicts acidly call the "Mother of God." Chrétienne's disarmingly clear view of the adults with whom she lives--her pious parents and the notorious convicts in their charge--is both hilarious and harrowing. Her parents, driven by their desire for sainthood, subject Chrétienne and the prisoners alike to inhuman rigors and coldness. Denied it by her family, the child finds human contact among the convicts, especially the Chinese murderer Tang. Pervading all is the grotesque yet fascinating atmosphere of the penal colony and its colonial setting--an atmosphere that we discover through the alert, inquisitive consciousness of a young girl. Constant's portrayal of Chrétienne and her frightening life in the penal colony is unforgettable--the work of a major literary, and satiric, talent. The Governor's Daughter is one of the most acclaimed French novels of recent years. ▾Bibliotheksbeschreibungen Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. ▾Beschreibung von LibraryThing-Mitgliedern
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