Daxi Island Collection of Translations by Guo Hong'an

Author: Bouvot
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Publish Date: 2002-10-01
Features: The theme of this book is love, but what shocks people is not the love between the male and female protagonists, but rather the opposite of love—betrayal and revenge. The female protagonist, Antinea, is beautiful, noble, and unparalleled. Any man who meets her is captivated by her love. To avenge all the women who were abandoned by their lovers, she rejects all the men who fall in love with her, and already 53 young men have become victims of love. The theme of this book is love, but what shocks people is not the love between the male and female protagonists, but rather the opposite of love—betrayal and revenge. The female protagonist, Antinea, is beautiful, noble, and unparalleled. Any man who meets her is captivated by her love. To avenge all the women who were abandoned by their lovers, she rejects all the men who fall in love with her, and already 53 young men have become victims of love. The male protagonist, Monsieur Morange, along with his companion Lieutenant de Saint-Avé, driven by academic curiosity, explores the island of Great West, and unintentionally falls into Antinea's trap. On that mysterious land, he chooses death, chooses the 54th niche, lying there just like others—in eternal rest.