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    Registered User Gibran's Avatar
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    Anyone interested in Andre Gide?

    I'm surprised to find that there's no thread about him here.
    Anyone interested in him?
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    I have read only one book by Gide, La Porte Etroite (in the original French). I did not find it particularly exciting. I prefer François Mauriac. I also have Les Caves du Vatican sitting on my bookshelf but I haven't gotten around to reading it yet.

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    I like André Gide - especially Paludes and Le voyage d'Urien.
    I have some more of his books in my shelf, but unfortunately not yet read.

    Greetings

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    I have read, "The Immoralist"-was a good book, and given the fact that the lead character is a pederast, it was way ahead of its time. "Strait is the Gate" is also in my reading list, though Gide's autobiographical works also look interesting.
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