The Traveler's Tree by Bruno Bontempelli (English) Hardcover Book

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The Traveler's Tree

by Bruno Bontempelli, Linda Coverdale

An allegorical novel, with an 18th-century maritime setting, about the human condition and man's limitations. Somewhere in the Caribbean Sea a French ship lies stranded without a breeze, its crew wracked by starvation and disease, its wood rotting and its masts limp.

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Publisher Description

Bruno Bontempelli's The Traveler's Tree is a spellbinding and most unusual tale of desperation and suspense, which takes place in the eighteenth-century maritime setting Patrick O'Brian made so familiar to American readers. A modern fable reminiscent of Camus's classic The Plague, The Traveler's Tree is at its core an exploration of man's nature.Somewhere in the Caribbean Sea the French ship Entremetteuse lies stranded without a breeze, its crew racked by starvation and disease, its wood rotting, and its masts limp. An island and the dim outline of the fabled traveler's tree appear on the horizon. Although only a gunshot away, the island's sheer cliffs and coral reefs make it cruelly unreachable. The heat grows unbearable, the ship's stores are nearly depleted, and the rats eagerly await the remains.As listless as the ship and increasingly feeble with scurvy, the embattled crew dispatches one longboat after another against raging waves, barrier reefs, and poisonous fish in order to reach the island, but to no avail. As mutiny, rebellion, and utter starvation loom, they pin their last hopes on a direct charge of the ship across the reefs, in one last valiant effort to reach the traveler's tree.Hailed in France as "a superb allegory" (Le Monde), The Traveler's Tree is an enthralling novel that tells a story of the human condition and man's limitations. Writing with extraordinary realism and historical accuracy, Bruno Bontempelli lures us into this absorbing morality tale that will be remembered for years to come.

Author Biography

Bruno Bontempelli is the author of three novels, of which this is his first to appear in English. He lives in Paris.

Details ISBN1565841506 Author Linda Coverdale Short Title TRAVELERS TREE Language English Translator Linda Coverdale ISBN-10 1565841506 ISBN-13 9781565841505 Media Book Format Hardcover DEWEY FIC Year 1994 Imprint The New Press Place of Publication New York Translated from French Pages 256 DOI 10.1604/9781565841505 Country of Publication United Kingdom NZ Release Date 1994-09-15 Publisher The New Press Audience General AU Release Date 1994-12-07 Publication Date 1994-10-13 UK Release Date 1994-10-13

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  • Condition: Brand New
  • ISBN-13: 9781565841505
  • ISBN: 9781565841505
  • Publication Year: 1994
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Language: English
  • Book Title: The Traveler's Tree
  • Item Height: 210mm
  • Author: Bruno Bontempelli
  • Publisher: The New Press
  • Topic: Books
  • Item Width: 140mm
  • Item Weight: 468g
  • Number of Pages: 256 Pages

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