Jean-Luc Coatalem Book order (chronological)

Sur l'île Antipodia, le gouverneur rumine sa disgrâce tandis qu'un mécano, heureux, découvre le reva-reva, une plante qui matérialise les rêves. L'arrivée d'un naufragé, Moïse, coïncide avec l'hiver.

Two short stories masterfully rendered by Loustal, whose style fits these maritime vignettes, taking place on a ship cruising the China Sea. An exacrobat is hired to kill his boss's heir and a stewart whose nightmares are peopled with pangolins escapes his unsatisfactory life with a fake psychoanalyst. Excellent.