If It Die by Gide Andre

If It Die by Gide Andre

"If It Die" is a record of Gide's childhood and early manhood, up until his engagement to his cousin. Written twenty years afterwards, it is a deliberately uninhibited and revealing exercise as well as a masterpiece of French prose, thus fulfilling the two criteria Gide set himself - to satisfy the demands of truth without neglecting the claims of art. It was said that in Gide 'les extrmes touchent', a predisposition that was to characterize all his work, and these antitheses are clearly acknowledged and used in his narrative in order to add extra layers of resonance and meaning. At the same time "If It Die" is a delightful and memorable account by itself of childhood, of friendships and travels, and of sexual awakening.

Gide was born in Paris on 22 November 1869. He had an irregular and lonely upbringing. He became devoted to literature and music, and began his literary career as an essayist, moving on to poetry, biography, fiction, drama, criticism, reminiscence and translation. By 1917 he had emerged as a prophet to French youth, and his unorthodox views were a source of endless debate and attack. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1948. Gide died in Paris in 1951.

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ISBN 13	9780099437840
ISBN 10	0099437848
Title	If It Die
Author	Gide Andre
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Vintage Publishing
Year published	2002-03-07
Number of pages	304
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