Andre Gide: Lafcadio's Adventures

Cover: 9780375713385 | Lafcadio's Adventures | A Novel | Andre Gide | Taschenbuch | Englisch

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Passing with cinematographic speed across the capitals of Europe, Nobel laureate André Gide's Lafcadio's Adventures is a brilliantly sly satire and one of the clearest articulations of his greatest theme: the unmotivated crime.

When Lafcadio Wluiki, a street-smart nineteen-year-old in 1890s Paris, learns that he's heir to an ailing French nobleman's fortune, he's seized by wanderlust. Traveling through Rome in expensive new threads, he becomes entangled in a Church extortion scandal involving an imprisoned Pope, a skittish purveyor of graveyard statuary, an atheist-turned-believer on the edge of insolvency, and all manner of wastrels, swindlers, aristocrats, adventurers, and pickpockets. With characteristic irony, Gide contrives a hilarious detective farce whereby the wrong man is apprehended, while the charmingly perverse Lafcadio—one of the most original creations in all modern fiction—goes free.

Über den Autor

Andre Paul Guillaume Gide, born on November 22, 1869, in Paris, France, was a renowned French writer whose works spanned a wide range of styles and themes. A prominent figure in the literary world, Gide was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1947. His career began within the symbolist movement, and he later became known for his criticism of imperialism, particularly during the period between the two World Wars. His works often explored themes of personal freedom, morality, and the complexity of human desires. Gide was influenced by notable writers such as Victor Hugo, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Oscar Wilde. He married Madeleine Rondeaux in 1895, and they had a daughter, Catherine Gide. Gide s parents were Juliette Rondeaux and Paul Gide. He passed away on February 19, 1951, in Paris at the age of 81. His legacy continues to shape modern literature through his exploration of individualism and societal constraints.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2003
Genre:	Importe , Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik:	Belletristik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13:	9780375713385
ISBN-10:	0375713387
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Gide, Andre
Hersteller:	Knopf
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	203 x 132 x 16 mm
Von/Mit:	Andre Gide
Erscheinungsdatum:	13.05.2003
Gewicht:	0,326 kg