Strait Is The Gate

GIDE, Andre

Published by Secker & Warburg, 1948

About this Item

GIDE, Andre Nobel Prize Winner 1947 [144] pp. Secker & Warburg 1948 7 1/2" x 5 1/4" Strait is the Gate is a 1909 French novel written by André Gide. It was translated into English by Dorothy Bussy. It probes the complexities and terrors of adolescence and growing up. Based on a Freudian interpretation, the story uses the influences of childhood experience and the misunderstandings that can arise between two people. Strait is the Gate taps the unassuaged memory of Gide's unsuccessful wooing of his cousin between 1888 and 1891. Much of the story is written as an epistolary novel between the Protagonist Jerome and his love Alissa. Much of the end of the novel is taken up by an exploration into Alissa's journal that details most of the events of the novel from her perspective.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Strait Is The Gate
• Publisher: Secker & Warburg
• Publication Date: 1948
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
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