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Joseph Zobel
Born
in Riviere-Salee, Martinique
April 26, 1915
Died
June 17, 2006
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Black Shack Alley
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1950
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4 editions
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Diab'-la
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Et si la mer n'était pas bleue
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Le soleil partagé
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Gertal
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published
2002
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2 editions
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Laghia de la mort: Nouvelles (Écrits)
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Antique Vienna Bronzes (Schiffer Book)
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2007
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2 editions
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Le soleil m'a dit - oeuvre poétique
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La fête à Paris
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Les mains pleines d'oiseaux
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“Yet I had become very attached to George Roc. I liked him, not for the joy of playing with him, not for some talent that made him stand out from the rest, not even for his kindness: above all, I liked him because he was always sad and because the things he told me caused me a degree of pain.....George Roc was the first being that I'd met who saw and felt himself unhappy.”
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“Nor did I share the anxiety with which each one measured up his chances of success.
The subjects taught at the lycee did not inspire me in the least. I worked for working's sake. I endured them.”
― Black Shack Alley
The subjects taught at the lycee did not inspire me in the least. I worked for working's sake. I endured them.”
― Black Shack Alley
“On evenings, I spent the entire study period reading....
From that time on, the world began to broaden around me, beyond any tangible limits.
The world, as portrayed in those works destined for young people, was divided in two: an ordinary, everyday world, brutal and unresponding to desires, and a spacious, logical world, about all kind, interesting and desirable.
Wasn't the very act of reading a pleasure more substantial than that of playing or eating, for instance, even when one was starved?”
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From that time on, the world began to broaden around me, beyond any tangible limits.
The world, as portrayed in those works destined for young people, was divided in two: an ordinary, everyday world, brutal and unresponding to desires, and a spacious, logical world, about all kind, interesting and desirable.
Wasn't the very act of reading a pleasure more substantial than that of playing or eating, for instance, even when one was starved?”
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