Strait Is the Gate

André Gide

ISBN 10: 0140180443 / ISBN 13: 9780140180442

Published by Penguin Books Ltd, 1990

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: En 'Strait Is the Gate', André Gide explora el fracaso del amor frente a la estrechez de la filosofía moral del protestantismo. La novela narra la historia de dos primos que, habiéndose amado desde la infancia, ven su devoción transformarse en un amor que los avergüenza en la presencia del otro. A través de una prosa delicada y reflexiva, Gide examina temas de sacrificio, pureza y las consecuencias de reprimir los deseos en nombre de la virtud. EAN: 9780140180442 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción Título: Strait Is the Gate Autor: André Gide Editorial: Penguin Books Ltd Idioma: en Páginas: 128 Formato: tapa blanda.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Strait Is the Gate
• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140180443
• ISBN 13: 9780140180442
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Muy bueno

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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.