Both are of the fire element, governed by the sun: Paul represents the midday summer sun, Camille the late winter sun. Their artistic talents were revealed early and simultaneously: Paul loves words, Camille loves clay. Talented, enthusiastic, passionate. Passionate but extremely sensitive. Loyal to their own roots and ideas... These are the characteristics of both the older and younger sister.
Both of them experience disappointments in love: Paul falls in love with a married woman and is abandoned, Camille is enchanted and tormented by a philandering sculpture teacher. While Paul overcomes by setting boundaries for himself (career as a high-ranking official, conversion, rational marriage), Camille is stubborn, drowning in hatred and unhappiness.
Not only is it a biography that sketches out the stages in the tumultuous lives of the two artistic sisters Claudel, Camille and Paul is also a work of historical significance: the book revives French social and artistic life in the early 20th century with its ideological trends, conventions and social laws of the time.
On the occasion of the launch of the book "Camille and Paul", Tri Thuc Publishing House and the French Cultural Center organized a book introduction seminar from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Thursday, September 18, 2014 at L'espace Hall, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi.
