Pierre Loti
French naval officer and author whose melancholic, sensuous novels drew on his travels to exotic lands. Iceland Fisherman is his masterpiece, a lyrical elegy for Breton fishermen and their harsh, beautiful world.
Works
- Iceland FishermanIcelandic fisherman's doomed love across tragic maritime existence
- Madame ChrysanthemumFrench naval officer's transient romance in Japan
- RamuntchoBasque shepherd's spiritual and romantic pilgrimage in mountain village
- AziyadeFrench officer's forbidden love with woman in Ottoman Constantinople
- My Brother YvesNaval sailor's friendship and adventures at sea with working-class companion