by André Malraux · Folio Classique (Educa Books) · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070360017
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«La Condition Humaine» (1933) is the historical novel by André Malraux published by Folio Classique in paperback (352 pages, in French).
In 1927, while the attempt by the communist faction of the Kuomintang to seize power in China fails, a group of revolutionaries keeps up the struggle in Shanghai. The novel interweaves their actions and doubts: terrorism, torture and betrayal intersect with questions about dignity, solitude, solidarity and the meaning of life.
Originally published in 1933, it won the Prix Goncourt that same year; this edition belongs to the Folio collection (no. 1).
Intended for readers of classic French fiction and for those approaching French through literary works.
Georges André Malraux was a French novelist, member of the French Resistance, art theorist, and minister of cultural affairs. Malraux's novel La Condition Humaine (1933) is set during the 1927 Shanghai uprising and won the Prix Goncourt; L'Espoir arose from his experiences during the Spanish Civil War. After the Second World War he abandoned fiction and wrote several works on art history, collected as La Psychologie de l'Art. He was appointed by President Charles de Gaulle as information minister (1945–46) and subsequently as France's first cultural affairs minister during de Gaulle's presidency (1959–1969).
