Les personnages de nos autres vies sont des fantômes que la littérature fait revivre.
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La littérature est un théâtre? Ciel ouvert qui permet de transformer les êtres les plus simples en héros universels, loin des parterres présomptueux. Conrad, Le Voyageur de l'inquiétude
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I drift like a cloud, Across these venerable eastern lands,A journey of unfathomable distances, An endless scroll of experiences.. Lady Zhejiang here we must part, For the next province awaits my embrace. Sad wanderer, once you conquer the East, Where do you go?
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A peek inside the city's many nightspots reveals a Shangri-La-di-da of tiny Shanghai socialites in even tinier outfits dancing provocatively with well-to-do Westerners. But while such sights may draw gasps from some people, the truth is that this kind of thing is nothing new for Shanghai, the Orient's original opium-den of iniquity.
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The most amazing travellers were to humble to write about it
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