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  • The Counterfeiters (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)

    by André Gide, Germaine Brée ...
    Translated by Dorothy Bussy ...
    André Gide's The Counterfeiters explores complex moral and philosophical questions about personal freedom, identity, authenticity, moral responsibility, and the pursuit of truth. A novel-within-a-novel, The Counterfeiters is renowned for its innovative narrative technique. Gide employs a fragmented structure, incorporating multiple narrative threads, shifting perspectives, and experimental ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • The Immoralist

    by Andre Gide ...
    Series series Vintage International
    First published in 1902 and immediately assailed for its themes of omnisexual abandon and perverse aestheticism, The Immoralist is the novel that launced André Gide's reputation as one of France's most audacious literary stylists, a groundbreaking work that opens the door onto a universe of unfettered impulse whose possibilities still seem exhilarating and shocking.Gide's protagonist is the frail, ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Notes on Chopin

    by André Gide ...
    Translated by Bernard Frechtman ...
    An inspiring discourse on the power of music from one of the twentieth century's most important figures, André GideAndré Gide, one of the great intellectuals of the twentieth century and a devoted pianist, invites readers to reevaluate Frédéric Chopin as a composer "betrayed . . . deeply, intimately, totally violated" by a music community that had fundamentally misinterpreted his work. As a ... Read more

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  • The immoralist

    by André Gide ...
    Translated by Dorothy Bussy ...
    I present this book for what it is worth—a fruit filled with bitter ashes, like those colocinths of the desert that grow in a parched and burning soil. All they can offer to your thirst is a still more cruel fierceness—yet lying on the golden sand they are not without a beauty of their own.If I had held my hero up as an example, it must be admitted that my success would have been small. The few ... Read more

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  • Oscar Wilde

    Reminiscences

    by André Gide ...
    Translated by Bernard Frechtman ...
    Personal recollections from André Gide on a man who profoundly influenced his work—Oscar WildeAndré Gide, a towering figure in French letters, draws upon his friendship with Oscar Wilde to sketch a compelling portrait of the tragic, doomed author, both celebrated and shunned in his time. Rather than compile a complete biography, Gide invites us to discover Wilde as he did—from their first meeting ... Read more

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  • The Counterfeiters

    by André Gide, Mint Editions ...
    Series series Mint Editions (Reading With Pride)
    “My novel hasn’t got a subject. Yes, I know it sounds stupid…let’s say, if you prefer it, it hasn’t got one subject…and the subject of the book, if you must have one, is just that the very struggle between what reality offers him and what he himself desires to make of it.”In a novel about a novelist writing a novel that mirrors the novel he is in, what is the reality of the story? The ... Read more

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  • The Counterfeiters

    A Novel

    by Andre Gide ...
    Series series Vintage International
    A young artist pursues a search for knowledge through the treatment of homosexuality and the collapse of morality in middle class France. ... Read more

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  • Urien's Voyage

    by André Gide ...
    Translated by Wade Baskin ...
    Nobel Prize–winning writer André Gide marks his voyage toward self-discovery in this imaginative allegorical workWhen Urien and his sailing companions begin their voyage, it is to places unknown and, perhaps, only dreamed. This allegorical masterpiece from André Gide, a key figure of French letters, deftly illustrates the techniques and doctrine of the Symbolist movement—and the dual nature of ... Read more

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  • Prometheus Illbound

    by André Gide ...
    "Prometheus Illbound" is a satirical and symbolic reimagining of the Greek myth of Prometheus, the titan who was punished by the gods for giving fire to humanity. In this version, Prometheus is no longer tightly bound to a rock as in the traditional myth, but rather, he is loosely chained—hence the title "illbound." He is free to walk around and interact with other characters, which leads to a ... Read more

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  • Strait is the Gate

    André Gide

    by André Gide ...
    Strait is the Gate by André Gide is a profound reflection on love, sacrifice, and the quest for spiritual perfection. Published in 1909, this work focuses on the characters Alissa and Jérôme, who share mutual affection from childhood, but whose love is marked by renunciation and suffering.Through this story, Gide explores themes such as emotional repression, the conflicts between desire and ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

  • The Immoralist

    by André Gide ...
    Translated by Dorothy Bussy ...
    "The Immoralist" recounts the hero's reversal of moral conscience following an illness and a return to health that turns his physiology upside down. One character recounts the lengthy confession Michel, "the immoralist", made in front of a few friends. A scholar with little interest in the flesh, he had once married a devoted woman, Marceline, without any real love, but who had stronger feelings ... Read more

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  • Two Symphonies

    by André Gide ...
    This is Andreas Gide’s 1931 novella, “Two Symphonies”. It's the story of a blind girl who is adopted by a pastor with a large family, and describes the unfortunate turmoil and friction that ensue. This marvellous tale is highly recommended for fans of Gide’s work, and would make for a fantastic addition to any collection. André Paul Guillaume Gide (1869–1951) was a French author who won the 1947 ... Read more

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