Is-Simfonija Pastorali / La Symphonie Pastorale: Parallel Text in Maltese and French

by Andre Gide and Anthony Aquilina

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Translated from French to Maltese and presented in the two languages, this book is an excellent example of a narrative form of diary. Andre' Gide presents us with the curate of La Brevine, a small village in the Jura Mountains in Switzerland. He manages to find the time to narrate the story of the maturity and education of an orphan and blind girl. He met her two and a half years before; after the death of her aunt, a deaf elderly woman, who have rarely communicated to each other. Inspired from his Christian sentiment, he decided to offer himself as a tool from God to help this young girl to find the light of salvation, even if his wife and children suffered from his impulsive gesture...
  • ISBN10 9993267260
  • ISBN13 9789993267263
  • Publish Date March 2005
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country MT
  • Imprint Agenda
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 152
  • Language English