Strait is the Gate (Penguin Modern Classics)

Gide, André

ISBN 10: 0141185244 / ISBN 13: 9780141185248

Published by Penguin Classics, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Strait is the Gate (Penguin Modern Classics)
• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0141185244
• ISBN 13: 9780141185248
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 100 grams

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Synopsis

A delicate boy growing up in Paris, Jerome Palissier spends many summers at his uncle's house in the Normandy countryside, where the whole world seems 'steeped in azure'. There he falls deeply in love with his cousin Alissa and she with him. But gradually Alissa becomes convinced that Jerome's love for her is endangering his soul. In the interests of his salvation, she decides to suppress everything that is beautiful in herself - in both mind and body. A devastating exploration of aestheticism taken to extremes, "Strait is the Gate" is a novel of haunting beauty that stimulates the mind and the emotions.

Language Notes

Text: English, French (translation)