After her fortune collapsed in the Twenties, heiress Clara Malraux and her husband Andre left their wild life in Bohemian Paris for French Indochina. Although they planned to make money from relics, taken from Khmer temples, their trip was also a reaction to the Great War. Andre had just escaped front-line action and sought new adventures, while Clara, who married him to scandalise her family, was a suitable accomplice in these wild plans. A superb account of their trip, this is also a moving portrait of a relationship inspired by travel. Clara's advice, in old age, to the young, is particularly moving. |
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