''Adiós, Tierra del Fuego'' is a 2001 book by the French writer
Jean Raspail. It focuses on
Tierra del Fuego, an archipelago off the southern tip of South America, in both a historical and personal perspective. The area had been the subject of several previous works by Raspail, in particular related to the subject of
Orélie-Antoine de Tounens
Orélie-Antoine de Tounens (born Antoine Tounens) (12 May 1825 – 17 September 1878) was a French lawyer and adventurer who proclaimed by two decrees on November 17, 1860 and November 20, 1860 that Araucanía and Patagonia did not depend of an ...
, the self-proclaimed king of
Araucanía and Patagonia, who also is featured prominently in ''Adiós, Tierra del Fuego''. The book received the
Jean Giono Prize.
Reception
Philippe Brassart of ''
La Dépêche du Midi'' wrote: "''Adios Tierra del Fuego'' is neither a novel, nor an essay, further not a banal travelogue, it is a tribute." Brassart described the book's language as "rich and pure".
References
External links
''Adiós, Tierra del Fuego''at the publisher's website
at the author's website
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2001 non-fiction books
French travel books
French-language books
Tierra del Fuego
Works by Jean Raspail