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An Iceland Fisherman (French: Pêcheur d'Islande, 1886) is a novel by French author Pierre Loti. It depicts the romantic but inevitably sad life of Breton fishermen who sail each summer season to the stormy Iceland cod grounds.
Mar 25, 2006 · Amid so many works wherein the luxuries of the Orient, the quasi animal life of the Pacific, the burning passions of Africa, are painted with a vigour of imagination never witnessed before his advent, An Iceland Fisherman shines forth with incomparable brilliancy. Something of the pure soul of Brittany is to be found in these melancholy pages ...
An Iceland Fisherman is a novel written by French author Pierre Loti. The story is set in the late 19th century and follows the life of a young fisherman named Yann Gaos. Yann is born and raised in the small fishing village of Paimpol, located on the coast of Brittany, France.
Mar 26, 2006 · "An Iceland Fisherman" by Pierre Loti is a novel written during the late 19th century. This work delicately explores the lives of Breton fishermen, particularly focusing on the experiences of Yann, a fisherman, and his love for Gaud, a young woman from Paimpol.
About a group of French fishermen who leave Brittany to fish in the rough but bountiful waters off the coast of Iceland, this book is as much about the struggles they face in the violent weather of the North Atlantic as it is about the heartbreak faced by those left behind.
About a group of French fishermen who leave Brittany to fish in the rough but bountiful waters off the coast of Iceland, this book is as much about the struggles they face in the violent...
Jan 24, 2014 · "An Iceland Fisherman" is a novel by French author Pierre Loti that depicts the romantic but inevitably sad life of Breton fishermen who sail each summer season to the stormy Iceland cod grounds. Literary critic Edmund Gosse characterized "An Iceland Fisherman" as "the most popular and finest" of all Loti's writings."
