Literary Bites with La Nuit des Temps

& Love Beyond Time

Bienvenue à Literary Bites

A quiet moment each week to slow down, savor French through its most moving texts, and reconnect with what truly matters.
Today, I invite you into the haunting beauty of La Nuit des Temps (The Ice People) by René Barjavel, a poetic science-fiction novel that explores love, memory, the fate of civilizations and another one of my favorite book.

In this passage, a man stands alone, facing the vast silence of an icy landscape. Beneath his feet, hidden in the depths of time, lies a lost civilization, brilliant, creative, and tragically self-destructive. What remains is not just science or ruins… but a voice, a memory, and a love that endures.

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L’Extrait

Il regardait la sphère de lumière suspendue dans le ciel noir.
Là-bas, sous la glace, une civilisation avait vécu, aimé, détruit, inventé, rêvé.