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A. Huxley in Sanary 2.1A find and a loss, both unexpected
Table of Contents At the height of the war, during the harshest time, Maria managed to send packages with clothes, food and some money to her own family, not forgetting Gulia’s family. Their friendship lasted till the end when in 1951 the Huxleys came to France for Maria’s last visit. Fosca naturally had always cherished these photographs and these letters, which personified Maria, who had left an indelible mark upon her. Needless to say that Fosca was more than happy to hear that someone from Sanary had the desire to make her story exist outside the family circle. […] je t’ai expédié hier un petit coli contenant un peu de café, du chocolat, et des fruits secs. Ce n’est pas grand chose mais j’espère que dans vôtre petit ménage cela apportera un peu de plaisir et vous rappellera une bien vieille amie qui vous souhaite tout le bonheur mérité par les promesses d’un bel avenir de travail et d’affection et de respect. Ta lettre me donne une si bonne impression que je me réjouis de vous trouver aussi heureux que des héros de légendes lorsque je rentrerai en France[…]. ton amie, Maria.“ The fact that I rapidly laid my hands on this first choice material, and that I had now a rare opportunity to record Fosca’s original testimony had me convinced that doing a monograph on that period of time would make sense. First it was to be done for the sake of correctly commemorating the Huxleys in our town of Sanary-Sur-Mer, then second, to pay respect to the people still living today, people who happened to have once crossed Aldous and Maria Huxley’s paths, and had never forgotten these two exceptional personalities. Université Nancy II © Gilles Iltis 2005 |
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