Description
| Product ID: | 9780141185248 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
| Title: | Strait is the Gate |
| Authors: | Author: Andre Gide, Dorothy Bussy |
| Page Count: | 128 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Classic fiction: general and literary, Classic fiction (pre c 1945) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Jerome Palissier spends many summers at his uncle's house in the Normandy countryside. There he falls in love with his cousin Alissa and she with him. But gradually she 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. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Classics |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2001-02-22 |