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Gideiana & the Money Shot : 1947 Nobel winner Gide, after recalling childhood, schooldays and aesthetic growth among friends Pierre Louys and Mallarme, delivers. "My joy was unbounded...I cannot imagine it greater, even if love had been added." Never confuse, as do many, desire with love. That littl Leggi tutto

I find the whole genre of biography and autobiography fairly boring, but this was kinda fun. The first half was pretty dry, but really established Gide's character as a child (dreamer). The second half was a lot more interesting. I knew from checking wikipedia (after infering it from my read of the

Na het lezen van de dagboeken en herinneringen van Roger Martin de Gard was dit autobiografische boek van zijn vriend André Gide (1869-1951) wat teleurstellend. In tegenstelling tot Kijken door een sleutelgat van RMG handelt dit boek over de jeugdjaren. Het geeft een mooi inkijkje in het leven van d Leggi tutto

Possibly the most boring and self indulgent thing I've ever read. And I read the whole damn thing as well. The bits about botany are cool, and some of the stuff in Africa, but apart from that...bleuch.

Così come facevo quando dovevo far inghiottire una pasticca alla mia gatta, dovendola cioè racchiudere dentro una polpettina di cibo per lei particolarmente prelibato, tendenzialmente una sottiletta disgustosamente appallottolata per formare un involucro compatto e aderente che non si disfacesse al Leggi tutto

Although this is quite lengthy and Gide's affairs would be seen as somewhat dodgy these days, I found this book useful as background to L'Immoraliste and the novellas. Worth reading if you are interested in Gide's other writings.

Izkopta valoda, atklātība saturā. Cienījami. Atgādināja Prusta daiļradi, kas gan ir poētiskāka un man patīk vairāk. Iedvesmojos izlasīt kādu Žida gabalu. Tādu latviešu valodā ir nepiedodami maz.

Andre Gide is an author’s author. Winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature, and a favourite of notable scribes like Yukio Mishima and Donald Richie, Gide is one of the fathers of the modern confessional autobiography, but outside of the academy and academia, this doesn't make him an interesting Leggi tutto