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Table of Contents | Printable Version KEY LITERARY ELEMENTS SETTING The action of the novel takes place at the villa L'Arbe de la Croix on the Isle des Chevaliers in the Caribbean, in New York, Eloe and on Queen of France. All the events take place in the latter half of the twentieth century in various parts of the United States and Caribbean. In the prologue, Son, the protagonist leaves his ship, (near the Queen of France) and swims toward an island, the Isle des Chevaliers, where he takes refuge at the villa - L'Arbe de la Croix.
New York, Paris, and L'Arbe de la Croix represent 'urbanity' while the Eloe and the hills of Isle des Chevaliers represent the natural world. Table of Contents | Printable Version | |
