by André Gide · Gallimard · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070362103
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«La porte étroite» is the novel by André Gide, published by Gallimard in paperback (185 pages, in French).
Jérôme and Alissa, two cousins, have loved each other since childhood, but her religious convictions turn earthly happiness into an obstacle to salvation. The narrative, focused on sacrifice and renunciation, shows how their spiritual fervour ends up setting them against simple human love.
Novel originally published in 1909; this 1972 edition corresponds to number 210 of Gallimard's Folio collection.
For readers of French seeking classics of twentieth-century European fiction with an intense moral and religious conflict.
André Paul Guillaume Gide was a French author whose writing spanned a wide variety of styles and topics. He was awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature. Gide's career ranged from his beginnings in the symbolist movement to criticising imperialism between the two World Wars. Author of more than 50 books, he was described in his New York Times obituary as "France's greatest contemporary man of letters" and "judged the greatest French writer of this century by the literary cognoscenti."
