Gide, André 1869-1951

The immoralist by André Gide ( Book )
345 editions published between 1902 and 2010 in 17 languages and held by 2,874 libraries worldwide
"The frail, scholarly Michel ... nearly dies of tuberculosis. He recovers ... what ensues is a wild flight into the realm of the senses that culminate in a remote outpost in the Sahara-- where Michel's hunger for new experiences at any cost bears lethal consequences"--P. [4] of cover.

The counterfeiters : with Journal of The counterfeiters by André Gide ( Book )
241 editions published between 1925 and 2010 in 18 languages and held by 2,694 libraries worldwide
A young artist pursues a search for knowledge through the treatment of homosexuality and the collapse of morality in middle class France.

Strait is the gate by André Gide ( Book )
349 editions published between 1907 and 2010 in 21 languages and held by 2,117 libraries worldwide
Gide's "La porte etroite" was one of Felix Paul Greve's last translation assignments before he disappeared from Berlin with a faked suicide in July 1909. He sailed from Liverpool to Montreal on the White Star Liner Megantic, very much as he described it -- as Grove in a his first autobiographical novel, "A Search for America" [ASA]. This discovery was made by Divay/Thomsen in October 1998, shortly after the international "In Memoriam FPG 1879-1948-1998" Anniversary Symposium. The first edition of ASA was published electronically by Divay/Horner/Pomeroy in 2000. --

Lafcadio's adventures by André Gide ( Book )
270 editions published between 1914 and 2011 in 17 languages and held by 1,931 libraries worldwide
List of titles by categories in series (back cover)

La symphonie pastorale by André Gide ( Book )
267 editions published between 1919 and 2010 in 20 languages and held by 1,838 libraries worldwide
L'amour d'une aveugle et de son pasteur.

Isabelle by André Gide ( Book )
142 editions published between 1911 and 2008 in 12 languages and held by 1,308 libraries worldwide
Isabelle -- The pastoral symphony.

Dostoevsky by André Gide ( Book )
62 editions published between 1923 and 1994 in 7 languages and held by 1,258 libraries worldwide

Si le grain ne meurt by André Gide ( Book )
200 editions published between 1918 and 2009 in 9 languages and held by 1,199 libraries worldwide
"-- Si le grain ne meurt est l'autobiographie de l'écrivain français André Gide. Publié en 1924, ce récit recouvre la vie de Gide depuis sa première enfance à Paris jusqu'à ses fiançailles avec sa cousine Madeleine Rondeaux (appelée ici Emmanuèle) en 1895. Le livre se compose de deux parties. Dans la première, l'auteur raconte ses souvenirs d'enfance: ses précepteurs, sa fréquentation discontinue de l'Ecole alsacienne, sa famille, son amitié avec Pierre Louÿs, la naissance de sa vénération pour sa cousine, ses premières tentatives d'écriture. Dans la seconde partie, beaucoup plus courte, il retrace sa découverte du désir et de son penchant homosexuel, lors d'un voyage en Algérie. Certains épisodes pouvaient, au moment de la publication du livre, scandaliser le public pour leur propagation de la pédérastie et pour leurs représentations minutieuses de scènes de débauche. Gide fait le récit de l'échec total de sa vie conjugale avec Madeleine dans un autre récit autobiographique, écrit en 1938 peu après la mort de sa femme, publié en 1951 et intitulé Et nunc manet in te.

Corydon by André Gide ( Book )
96 editions published between 1911 and 2008 in 7 languages and held by 1,188 libraries worldwide
Considered by Gide to be the most important of his books, this slim, exquisitely crafted volume consists of four dialogues on the subject of homosexuality and its place in society. Published anonymously in bits and pieces between 1911 and 1920, Corydon first appeared in a signed, commercial edition in France in 1924 and in the United States in 1950, the year before Gide's death. In spirited dialogue with his bigoted, boorish interviewer, Corydon marshals an erudite range of evidence from naturalists, historians, poets, and philosophers to support his contention that homosexuality has pervaded the most culturally and artistically advanced civilizations. The evidence, Corydon suggests, points to heterosexuality as a socially constructed union, while the more fundamental, natural relation is the homosexual one.

The fruits of the earth. Les nourritures terrestres & Les nouvelles nourritures by André Gide ( Book )
191 editions published between 1897 and 2008 in 14 languages and held by 1,104 libraries worldwide
""Nathanaël, je t'enseignerai la ferveur. Une existence pathétique, Nathanaël, plutôt que la tranquillité. Je ne souhaite pas d'autre repos que celui du sommeil de la mort. J'ai peur que tout désir, toute énergie que je n'aurais pas satisfaits durant ma vie, pour leur survie ne me tourmentent. J'espère, après avoir exprimé sur cette terre tout ce qui attendait en moi, satisfait, mourir complètement désespéré." "Que mon livre t'enseigne à t'intéresser plus à toi qu'à lui-même, puis à tout le reste plus qu'à toi" (André Gide).