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The Man Who Found Himself

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In The Man Who Found Himself (1936), a starship transports the protagonist to a world orbiting Proxima Centauri. After a three-year journey at the speed of light, the hero discovers that that planet is identical to Earth in every respect, except that its history is unfolding 40 years in arrears. His arrival offers the 60-year-old protagonist the opportunity of "finding himself" at 20. Will his knowledge of future events enable him to manufacture a better life for his family? The Man Who Found Himself is one of the earliest French texts to feature interstellar faster-than-light travel and combine the notions of a trip in time and in space; it is a significant work in the history of French science fiction.

180 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1936

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294 reviews22 followers
December 28, 2017
Un lindo relato de lo que muchos llaman proto-ciencia-ficción. Borges lo compara con Wells... y no seré yo el que contradiga a J.L. :)
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286 reviews9 followers
September 25, 2020
Un bon moment passé avec ce livre très facile à lire. J'ai aimé le contrepied pris par l'auteur : par opposition aux voyages dans le passé avec lesquels le moindre pet de travers prend des proportions catastrophiques, ici le protagoniste interfère...et pourtant il échoue à faire dévier les personnes de leurs intentions et opinions.
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Profile Image for Steve Joyce.
Author 2 books17 followers
September 21, 2015
I enjoyed this little tale well enough.

It's ambiguous in a Total Recall kind of way.

It's also every bit as much a study in human psychology as it is about time travel.
Profile Image for Charlotte (charlotte.en.bretonnie).
276 reviews5 followers
November 22, 2020
J'ai dévoré ce petit bijou en quelques heures. Pourquoi n'avais je jamais entendu parler de Henri Duvernois ? Une plume splendide, une histoire très originale et prenante, d'autant plus étonnant que ce roman a été écrit en 1936. Vraiment une belle découverte, merci Exploratology.
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June 29, 2022
Une lecture plaisante et rapide. La thématique de la remontée dans le temps me plaît toujours autant mais je trouve l'histoire peut être un peu simpliste voir frustrante sur la fin. L'écriture est très belle
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601 reviews30 followers
April 12, 2016
No me gusto para nada, pobre arbol el que murio por esta causa.
Nunca llegue a entender si el autor queria escribir ficciòn o realismo, es una especie de ''volver al futuro'' mal redactado y con personajes mal construidos.
Una pena porque la idea era super original.
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155 reviews4 followers
September 22, 2016
Though it is never mentioned in the novel, the protagonist travels in time and meets his younger self. An interesting confrontation between the wise old man and the young smart-ass.
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167 reviews11 followers
December 13, 2018
No es la CF de esta época sino la de HGWells pero en francés y de un amigo de Proust... Casi sería un Vonnegut...
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