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The ark in the storm

Elizabeth Goudge

Phoebus Libretto, 2009.

Guernsey, 1888. All sea winds seem to have a rendezvous along the coast emblematic of the island, where hangs the old cottage of Frocq Andre and his family. A wild place, a faithful mirror of the feelings of those who inhabit it.

face the onslaught of the elements and financial difficulties, André think leaving the farm. But that's not counting the unwavering commitment, almost visceral, his wife Rachel for this earth a haven of peace.

One stormy night, a boat sank off the island, and the family gathers, among survivors, Ranulph Mabi, a being full of courage and bitterness. Secrets too. Therefore, the farm life changes. The hope is reborn.

After my violent and disturbing reading Purge, I wanted a sweet romance, poetry, relaxing. My hand has led to a confident Elizabeth Goudge and as always, she did not disappointed. After worshiping

Valley singing, The Green Dolphin Country Hill and the gentian , so I The ark opened in the storm in the beautiful and pleasant Phebus edition. There are ALL in this novel Elizabeth Goudge: engaging characters and deeply human, an unfailing love for nature, an incredible poetry in the words and the omnipresent world of wonder and imagination.

It happens really not much in this novel . And yet, every word we cover, each chapter takes us on. The island of Guernsey, both peaceful and violent place, is described in a way quite personal, loving, disturbing. This island is a character in itself. It sees around her family's move Frocq. There's father Andre, a poor farmer but wonderful poet, mother Rachel, wife of head, determined and desperate to stay in Bon rest Michelle, the eldest daughter, like her father and loving words of Keats; peronella, the most beautiful; The strange Jacqueline Colin, the only son, headstrong as her mother Colette early last, smiling and full of life. And he also, Ranulph, this stranger from the sea His identity is soon revealed to us we, the readers, but the family of Frocq, she stays in the dark. And finally, the grandfather, a kind of Mr. Scrooge in Guernsey. It focuses on all these characters. We love them with their faults, their weaknesses, their lies.

A strange novel that mingles, as in each of the Goudge's novels, the real and wonderful. A gentle and poetic novel that takes us by the hand and lulls us with the magic words. Elizabeth Goudge is a magician. With incredible ease, she takes us in his novels, us travel, love, dream.

A feather to discover if this is not done yet. A novel to read for a moment of absolute relaxation and calm. A woman writer to remember!

"The calm that prevailed there gave the impression of freshness and depth that gives a sea cave, a feeling of spaciousness and freedom came from the void ... Michelle lived one of the most best days of her life ... she had just discovered Keats. lovely phrases had illuminated his mind to the point that she felt dizzy from so much light: "Small town, your streets will be silent forever, and not a soul can come back to tell you the reason for your drop, without return ... "" She stood in tears in this cornfield outside ... "" Cooled from an eternity in the deep earth ... "" Beauty is truth. Truth is beauty ... "

(The ark in the storm , Goudge, Phoebus, p41)

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