Regards de Maupassant sur l'Algérie

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On July 17th.

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Maupassant wrote in the chronicle: to see Africa was one my oldest dreams and I wanted "to see it, this land of sun and sand, at the height of the summer season, the heavy heat, in the furious dazzling light/' Maupassant’s travels across Algeria ( 1881, 1887, 1888.

1890) were above all an opportunity to open up the troublesome question of colonisation.

As an active reporter and a special correspondent for the Gaullois newspaper, he spoke up with shrewdness and perspicacity against abuse and oppression.

Free of bias and time-honoured stupidities, he wanted before anything else to understand a torn, suffering country.

He did not hesitate to commit himself, with courage.

His accounts, chronicles, and short stories are true acts of testimony.

He was not only true to the facts but dared to look; he tried to understand man; he observed and evaluated.

His writings are a treasure of teachings and meticulous observations; they bring to light a remarkable sensibility.

Maupassant unveils Algeria in a balanced, true and fresh style of writing