by Robert Merle · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070365838
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«L'île» is the adventure novel by Robert Merle, published by Gallimard in paperback and in French.
The story, inspired by the mutiny on the Bounty, takes place in the late 18th century in Oceania. Several sailors of the Blossom mutiny against Captain Burt and flee with a group of Tahitians to an island far from known routes. There the British establish votes that marginalize the Tahitians and coexistence deteriorates.
The novel was originally published in 1962 and is number 583 in Gallimard's Folio collection.
Aimed at readers of historical and adventure fiction, particularly those wanting a fictionalized version of the mutiny on the Bounty.
Merle Robert Travis was an American country and western singer, songwriter, actor, and guitarist. Born in Rosewood, Kentucky, his songs' lyrics were often about the lives and the economic exploitation of American coal miners. Among his many well-known songs and recordings are "Sixteen Tons", "Re-Enlistment Blues", "I Am a Pilgrim", and "Dark as a Dungeon". He is best known today, though, for his unique guitar style, still called Travis picking by guitarists, as well as his interpretations of the rich musical traditions of his native Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Travis picking is a syncopated style of guitar fingerpicking rooted in ragtime music in which alternating chords and bass notes are plucked by the thumb, while melodies are plucked by the index finger. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970 and elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1977.
