| Title | : | Urien's Voyage (Unabridged) |
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| Author | : | André Gide & Wade Baskin (translator) |
| Release | : | 2013-03-11 |
| Kind | : | audiobook |
| Genre | : | Fiction |
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| 1 | Urien's Voyage (Unabridged) | André Gide & Wade Baskin (translator) |
| Nobel Prize-winning writer André Gide marks his voyage toward self-discovery in this imaginative allegorical work. When 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 Gide’s own psyche. Written at a crucial time in his artistic development, this imaginative work signals his gradual abandonment of acetic celibacy toward an embrace of pleasure and carnal desires, revealing a Gide more transparent in this early work than in his mature writings. Translator and scholar Wade Baskin annotates the work, connecting Gide’s life and bibliography to the text. |
