Die Abfassung Der Faits Des Romains (1907)

Henri Philippe Claret, the son of a wealthy French businessman, sets out from Paris in 1911, on what he anticipates will be the grand adventure of his lifetime, not comprehending how drastically ensuing events and the people he will meet along his path will change him, and his future. One in particular is the beautiful young African native, Nebbi, who is empowered with visions, and who has seen in her dreams the blue-eyed stranger being drawn to her and to her Arogundi Valley paradise. Their relationship evolves through years of brief encounters, painfully long separations and miraculous life-saving rescues into one filled with love and promise. They wed and settle into an idyllic life in the Eden-like Arogundi. Then, shortly after the birth of their son, and when their love and joy are at their zenith, word reaches them that Claret’s father is nearing death. Desperate to see his father before he dies, Claret rushes back to WWI-embattled France. Nebbi, troubled by a foreboding dream and unable to bear another long separation from her husband, decides she must follow after him. With her infant son and accompanied by two dear friends, she undertakes the long journey. What befalls them all after reaching Paris is heart-rending and shockingly tragic.