Terre d'amour et de feu

by Joseph Kessel

282pages. in8. Cartonné jaquette.

318 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1965

About the author

Joseph Kessel was a French journalist and novelist. He was born in Villa Clara, Entre Ríos, Argentina, because of the constant journeys of his father, a Lithuanian doctor of Jewish origin. Kessel lived the first years of his childhood in Orenburg, Russia, before the family moved to France. He studied in Nice and Paris, and took part in the First World War as an aviator.

Kessel wrote several novels and books that were later represented in the cinema, notably Belle de Jour (by Luis Buñuel in 1967). He was also a member of the Académie française from 1962 to 1979. In 1943 he and his nephew Maurice Druon translated Anna Marly's song Chant des Partisans into French from its original Russian. The song became one of the anthems of the Free French Forces.

Joseph Kessel died in Avernes, Val-d'Oise. He is buried in the Cimetière de Montparnasse in Paris.

Reviews

[Pauline · Rating 2 out of 5]

Un roman qui se veut un reportage où la pauvreté factuelle n'a d'égale que l'hypertrophie du point de vue- Le pathos ainsi que les descriptions physico-raciales/culturelles semblent inexpugnables chez Kessel.
Les deux parties du triptyque sont sensiblement plus intéressantes que la dernière.

[Bleu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Trop interessant

[Elisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Les hommes de ce peuple ne luttaient pas pour des conquêtes ou des avantages économiques ou des convoitises politiques. Ils défendaient leur vie profonde et toute nue. Et ils disaient :
- Nous possédons la plus sûre des armes secrètes. Elle tient en deux mots :
«Où aller ?»