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Welcome, Honourable Visitors

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
AuthorJean Raspail
Original titleLe Vent des Pins
TranslatorJean Stewart
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
PublisherÉditions Julliard
Publication date
1958
Published in English
1960
Pages236

Publication

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

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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Citation Linkwww.worldcat.org"Le vent des pins (Matsukazé) : roman". WorldCat. Retrieved 2015-05-02.
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Citation Linkwww.worldcat.org"Welcome, honourable visitors". WorldCat. Retrieved 2015-05-02.
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Citation Linkwww.worldcat.org"Welcome honorable visitors". WorldCat. Retrieved 2015-05-02.
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Citation Linkwww.worldcat.org"Bienvenue, honorables visiteurs, roman". WorldCat. Retrieved 2015-05-02.
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Citation Linkopenlibrary.orgColeman, John (1960-03-11). "Welcome, Honourable Visitors. By Jean Raspail". The Spectator.
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Citation Linkjeanraspail.free.frLe Vent des Pins
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Citation Linkjeanraspail.free.frBienvenue honorables visiteurs
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Citation Linkwww.worldcat.org"Le vent des pins (Matsukazé) : roman"
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Citation Linkwww.worldcat.org"Welcome, honourable visitors"
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Citation Linkwww.worldcat.org"Welcome honorable visitors"
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Citation Linkwww.worldcat.org"Bienvenue, honorables visiteurs, roman"
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Citation Linkjeanraspail.free.frLe Vent des Pins
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Citation Linkjeanraspail.free.frBienvenue honorables visiteurs
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