Westhoek Book / Bibargenteuil https://westhoek-book.fr/ Site de lecteurs d'Esquelbecq, d'Argenteuil et d'Ailleurs fr SPIP - www.spip.net (Sarka-SPIP) The snow goose - A short story of Dunkirk https://westhoek-book.fr/spip.php?article736 https://westhoek-book.fr/spip.php?article736 2011-04-29T23:47:29Z text/html fr jackie Roman <p>Philip Rhayader is a lonely hunchbacked artist, painter of birds and nature, who lives in an abandoned lighthouse in the marshlands of Essex. He withdrawn from the human society because of the rebuffade his ugly face, crippled arm, disabled body, inspired to the people. In his sanctuary for migrating birds, protecting them from the hunters, sailing, taking pictures or sketching new species, painting, he was happy. <br class='autobr' /> One day of october, a 12 years old girl, Fritha, aproached to his (…)</p> - <a href="https://westhoek-book.fr/spip.php?rubrique290" rel="directory">Gallico, Paul</a> / <a href="https://westhoek-book.fr/spip.php?mot15" rel="tag">Roman</a> <img src='https://westhoek-book.fr/IMG/logo/arton736.jpg' class="spip_logo spip_logo_right" alt="" style='max-width: 150px;max-width: min(100%,150px); max-height: 150px' /> <div class='rss_texte'><p>Philip Rhayader is a lonely hunchbacked artist, painter of birds and nature, who lives in an abandoned lighthouse in the marshlands of Essex. He withdrawn from the human society because of the rebuffade his ugly face, crippled arm, disabled body, inspired to the people. In his sanctuary for migrating birds, protecting them from the hunters, sailing, taking pictures or sketching new species, painting, he was happy.</p> <p>One day of october, a 12 years old girl, Fritha, aproached to his lighthouse, carrying an injured Canada snow goose. He named it the <i>Lost Princess</i>. Then began the friendship between these 3 characters.</p> <p>1940. Rhayader heard the appeal of the governement to all the ship'owners to rescue the british army, trapped between Dunkirk and Lapanny, by the advancing Germans. Among the rescued soldiers, the story of this strange man with the goose flying around his boat, became a kind of legend.</p></div>