A lapse of memory Victor Segalen ; translated and with an introduction by Rosemary Arnoux

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: ENG Original language: French Publication details: Mount Nebo, Qld, Australia Boombana Publications c1995Description: 287 p. 2 maps ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 0646246909 (pbk.) :
  • 0646246909 (pbk)
Uniform titles:
  • Immemoriaux French
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 843.912 20
Item type: Book
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MAIN LIBRARY Noumea 843.912 SEG 1995 Available 30364

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First published: Paris : Mercure de France, 1907.

This is the first translation into English of Victor Segalen's Les Immémoriaux, which depicts the rapid demise of the old Tahitian culture following the first contacts with European explorers. Based on extensive documentation, it is now seen as one of the earliest ethnographic novels.

Bibliography: p. 283-287.

Translation of: Les Immemoriaux.