The Conquerors

Andre Malraux

ISBN 10: 0394170237 / ISBN 13: 9780394170237

Published by Grove Press: Evergreen Books, New York, NY, 1977

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First Edition Thus (1977) , so stated. First Printing, so stated. Very Near Fine in Wraps: shows two pricess neatly blocked out at the upper corner of the front panel and rear panel; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, marks, or marginalia in the text. A handsome, nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing a couple of minor, unobtrusive flaws only. Bright and clean. Close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8 x 5.25 x 6 inches). 198 pages. Translated by Stephen Becker. Language: English. Weight: 8 ounces. Trade Paperback. André Malraux (1901 1976) was a French novelist, art theorist, and minister of cultural affairs. Malraux's novel La Condition Humaine (Man's Fate) (1933) won the Prix Goncourt. The Conquerors is set in the chaos of pre-civil war China, just after the death of Sun Yat-sen, and just after the Shameen Incident of June 23, 1925, during the Canton-Hong Kong strike. An unnamed narrator of has been invited by an old acquaintance to come to Canton to assist Comintern agents attempting to break the British hold on Hong Kong with a general strike. The acquaintance, Pierre Garine, is head of the propaganda department, and the narrator--raised in French Indo-China and fluent in Mandarin--is to be his interpreter and translator. The book was published in 1928--not too long after the events described. Malraux seeks to describe events and to outline in the figure of Garine the intellectual hero of that era. Many of the men of Garine's type were either disillusioned or executed in the following years as the communists consolidated their power. Nevertheless, The Conquerors provides a keen and insightful look into the mindset of the time and into the motivations that moved the action behind movements that were not localized, but part of a larger, world-wide revolutionary effort. A slim, but engaging classic of historical fiction.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Conquerors
• Publisher: Grove Press: Evergreen Books, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394170237
• ISBN 13: 9780394170237
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition Thus (1959); First Printing.
• Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

Book by André Malraux

About the Author

André Malraux (1901-76) served as Minister of Culture in Charles de Gaulle's cabinet. His many works include Man's Fate, Anti-Memoirs, The Temptation of the West, and The Walnut Trees of Altenburg, the latter two available from the University of Chicago Press.