Impressions from two years in Tahiti. Compelling autobiographical fragment. 24 black-and-white illustrations.
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Text: English, French (translation)
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34 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
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Noa Noa,
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This review is from: Noa Noa: The Tahitian Journal (Dover Fine Art, History of Art) (Paperback)
Contemplations visual, intellectual and spiritual. In 1891, French painter Paul Gauguin fled to the island of Tahiti - "a sixty-three days' voyage, sixty-three days of feverish expactancy;" begun as an unofficial visit regarding the imminent death of the island's king Pomare -- and resulting in a profoundly moving sea-change (spirit, observation, happiness). The Tahitian theology, natural history, and especially the progress of his relationships - a gift.
This is a good book to read BEFORE embarking on your "desert island" voyage, but beware! Hard to top once you're there on some other island. An exceptional journal, with a graceful translation (it seems) by O. F. Theis from the French. Rated 9 (needs more color plates of paintings! but a lovely, portable paper edition)
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It's actually an experimental novel,
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This review is from: Noa Noa: The Tahitian Journal (Dover Fine Art, History of Art) (Paperback)
Typically considered a journal or memoir, Gauguin's book is in fact an early type of experimental multimedia novel. Thematically, Gauguin burlesques Pierre Loti's "Marriage of Loti", while structurally he interleaves narrative with his own highly-inventive Post-impressionist woodcarvings. It's a fine book: Gauguin could have been a great novelist, if he weren't already busy.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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A Unique Opportunity,
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This review is from: Noa Noa: The Tahitian Journal (Dover Fine Art, History of Art) (Paperback)
Though you may quarrel with Guaguin tactics or motivations, his art stands alone--brilliant, moving, subtle. It is always intriquing to hear the voice of a master painter and "Noa, Noa," affords that opportunity.
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