by Francisco Coloane · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782020377911
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«Le sillage de la baleine» is the novel by Francisco Coloane published by Seuil in its Points collection, in paperback (304 pages, in French).
Pedro Nauto, a young man from the far south of Chile, manages to board a whaler and learns the hard life of sailors working in the icy southern waters. Amid storms, friendship, love and betrayal, the novel portrays humanity's struggle against an implacable nature and the limits of survival.
Novel originally published in 1962 as «El camino de la ballena»; the present French edition dates from 2000.
For readers who master French, interested in Chilean narrative, sea stories and adventure literature.
Francisco Coloane Cárdenas was a Chilean novelist and short fiction writer whose works have been translated into many languages. Some of his books were adapted to theatre and film.
