Man's Fate (La Condition Humaine) (Modern Library College Editions T75)

Malraux, Andre, Chevalier, Haakon M. (trans.)

ISBN 10: 0394309758 / ISBN 13: 9780394309750

Published by The Modern Library, 1961

About this Item

Good mass market paperback, slight wear.

Seller Inventory # 220324-RD45

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Man's Fate (La Condition Humaine) (Modern Library College Editions T75)
• Publisher: The Modern Library
• Publication Date: 1961
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394309758
• ISBN 13: 9780394309750
• Binding: Mass Market Paper Back
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction

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Synopsis

As explosive and immediate today as when it was originally published in 1933, “Man's Fate,” an account of a crucial episode in the early days of the Chinese Revolution, foreshadows the contemporary world and brings to life the profound meaning of the revolutionary impulse for the individuals involved. As a study of conspiracy and conspirators, of men caught in the desperate clash of ideologies, betrayal, expediency, and free will, André Malraux's novel remains unequaled. Translated from the original French - “La Condition Humaine” - by Haakon M. Chevalier. This edition is an entry in the Modern Library College Editions series by Random House.

Review

Man's Fate was first published in 1933. As a fictional account of the early days of the Chinese Revolution, this novel remains a powerful expression of psychological insight into the spirit of political revolution. From the opening scene, in which Chinese terrorist Ch'en Ta Erh struggles internally over his task of assassinating a sleeping man, Malraux combines gritty action with an elaboration of the existential principle that social change is powered by the actions of individuals.