Welcome, Honourable Visitors

Welcome, Honourable Visitors (French: Bienvenue honorables visiteurs) is a 1958 novel by the French writer Jean Raspail. It tells the story of six foreign tourists who travel in Japan and stay at an inn. It was Raspail's first novel, having previously published several travel books. It was first published as Le Vent des Pins, which is the name of the inn in the story, but changed title when it was republished in 1970.

Welcome, Honourable Visitors
First edition cover
AuthorJean Raspail
Original titleLe Vent des Pins
TranslatorJean Stewart
LanguageFrench
PublisherÉditions Julliard
Publication date
1958
Publication placeFrance
Published in English
1960
Pages236

Publication

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The novel was first published in 1958 by éditions Julliard with the title Le Vent des Pins.[1] An English translation by Jean Stewart was published in 1960. In the United Kingdom it was published by Hamish Hamilton as Welcome, Honourable Visitors and in the United States by G. P. Putnam's Sons as Welcome Honorable Visitors.[2][3] It was republished in French in 1970 as Bienvenue honorables visiteurs.[4]

Reception

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John Coleman reviewed the book in The Spectator: "M. Raspail is quite astute, works his expected ironies neatly enough, and would probably have made more money publishing the local colour bits as articles in Life."[5]

References

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  1. ^ Le vent des pins (Matsukazé) : roman. OCLC 718558568. Retrieved 2015-05-02 – via WorldCat.
  2. ^ Welcome, honourable visitors. OCLC 5853752. Retrieved 2015-05-02 – via WorldCat.
  3. ^ Welcome honorable visitors. OCLC 1599566. Retrieved 2015-05-02 – via WorldCat.
  4. ^ Bienvenue, honorables visiteurs, roman. OCLC 846410. Retrieved 2015-05-02 – via WorldCat.
  5. ^ Coleman, John (1960-03-11). "Welcome, Honourable Visitors. By Jean Raspail". The Spectator.
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