Project Gutenberg 2016-02-27 Public domain in the USA. 64 Loti, Pierre 1850 1923 Viaud, Julien Viaud, Louis Marie Julien Somm, Henry 1844 1907 Somm, François Clément Sommier Somm, Francois Clement Sommier Sommier, François Clément Somm, Henri La chanson des vieux époux Produced by Claudine Corbasson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "La chanson des vieux époux" by Pierre Loti is a poignant narrative written in the late 19th century. This work falls under the category of a novel and explores themes of aging, love, and the melancholy inherent in the human condition, specifically through the lens of two elderly characters. Set against a backdrop of Japanese culture, the story delves into the lives of an aged couple as they navigate existence in their twilight years. The story centers on Toto-San and Kaka-San, a blind husband and a paralyzed wife, who have devoted their lives to each other despite their deteriorating physical conditions. They can be seen wandering the streets of Nagasaki, relying on alms to survive. The narrative paints a vivid picture of their daily struggles and the deep affection they share, even in suffering. Their lives are punctuated by moments of reflection on their past and the inevitability of death, culminating in Kaka-San's demise during a pilgrimage to a temple. Toto-San's heartbreaking journey after losing his companion highlights not only the profound impact of grief but also the cycle of life and death, as he continues to seek solace in the emptiness left behind. The story encapsulates themes of resilience, tenderness, and the bittersweet nature of love in the face of mortality. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Japan -- Fiction Husband and wife -- Fiction Death -- Fiction Older people -- Fiction Beggars -- Fiction PQ Text FR Littérature Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 56483 56330 2024-09-21T12:01:43.296580 2023-09-22T09:04:06.308987 text/html text/html 51215 2016-02-27T10:16:20 text/html; charset=utf-8 4147098 2016-02-27T10:16:24 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 4274892 2024-09-21T12:01:47.789589 application/epub+zip 4266080 2024-09-21T12:01:44.376578 application/epub+zip 81219 2024-09-21T12:01:43.748584 application/epub+zip 4289802 2024-09-21T12:01:50.333589 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4273736 2024-09-21T12:01:46.499589 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 105568 2022-09-23T11:08:12.817495 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 38440 38180 2024-09-21T12:01:42.898589 2023-09-22T09:04:05.463984 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 38131 2016-02-27T10:16:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 15066 2016-02-27T10:16:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20943 2024-09-21T12:01:50.484533 application/rdf+xml 22046 2024-09-21T12:01:43.822581 image/jpeg 3789 2024-09-21T12:01:43.784572 image/jpeg 4283115 2024-09-21T12:01:43.404576 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia fr.wikipedia