by Roger Martin du Gard · Folio · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070304424
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«Jean Barois» is the novel by French writer Roger Martin du Gard, published by Folio in paperback (528 pages, in French).
The novel follows Jean Barois, a French intellectual who tries to reconcile his faith with scientific rationalism in an era marked by the Dreyfus affair. Barois renounces his ideals for a comfortable life, which precipitates his downfall, while the work explores the tension between reason and dogma and the search for truth.
The novel was originally published in 1913; this Folio edition includes a preface by André Daspre. Roger Martin du Gard, its author, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1937.
For readers of classic French novels and literary fiction interested in the intellectual and social debates of turn-of-the-century France.
Roger Martin du Gard was a French novelist, winner of the 1937 Nobel Prize in Literature.
