by André Gide · DEBOLSILLO · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788499083575
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Michel, a conventional intellectual deeply rooted in the Huguenot faith, leads an apparently quiet life with his cousin Marceline, whom he loves without passion. However, a serious illness brings him to the brink of death, radically transforming his perspective. During his convalescence, Michel develops a fervent passion for bodily health and sensuality, influenced by the young people of Biskra, an Algerian city full of light where he seeks to recover. In this process, traditional moral values dissolve into a sea of instincts, which he considers the key to his individual freedom.
This novel by André Gide explores the dialectic between nature and morality, offering a profound reflection on the deployment of individual freedom. Gide, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1947, presents a work that invites us to question conventions and explore the limits of morality.
André Paul Guillaume Gide was a French author whose writing spanned a wide variety of styles and topics. He was awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature. Gide's career ranged from his beginnings in the symbolist movement to criticising imperialism between the two World Wars. Author of more than 50 books, he was described in his New York Times obituary as "France's greatest contemporary man of letters" and "judged the greatest French writer of this century by the literary cognoscenti."
