by André Gide · Gallimard · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070368754
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«Si le grain ne meurt» is the autobiography of French writer André Gide, published by Gallimard in paperback (384 pages, in French).
In this autobiography, André Gide reviews his childhood and education, as well as the awakening of his sexuality and literary vocation. The text reflects on morality, religion and the construction of one's own identity, and is considered one of the essential titles of French literature.
Work originally published in 1920. This edition belongs to the Folio collection (No. 875). André Gide received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1947.
Intended for readers with a command of French interested in autobiography and the great figures of twentieth-century French letters.
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."
