by Nicolas Bouvier · Folio · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070394951
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«Le poisson-scorpion» is the travel novel by Nicolas Bouvier, published by Folio in paperback (192 pages, in French).
A man arrives in Ceylon after a long journey and, instead of an exotic trip, plunges into an inner descent: solitude, illness and a slow slide towards madness. As he observes the indifference of insects and inhabitants, he patiently and ironically rebuilds a poetic world and portrays unsettling shadows. The narrative contains humour, wisdom and hope.
Work originally published in 1982; it received the Prix de la Critique (1982) and the Prix Schiller (1983). This paperback edition is number 2842 in the Folio collection.
Aimed at readers of travel literature and introspective narrative.
Nicolas Bouvier was a 20th-century Swiss traveller, writer, picture editor and photographer. He studied in Geneva in the 1950s and lived there later between his travels.
