Strait is the Gate by André Gide [FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION] 4th Print •1960
Strait is the Gate by André Gide
FIRST U.S. PAPERBACK EDITION [1956] VINTAGE BOOKS
4th printing / 1960.
Some light wear to cover.
Inside pages are bright, white and read as new. Beautiful copy!
A landmark in world literature, Strait is the Gate describes a love affair between an acutely sensitive boy growing up in Paris and his cousin from the Normandy countryside that erupts into a soul-endangering passion. A devastating exploration of aestheticism taken to extremes, Strait is the Gate is a novel of haunting beauty that stimulates the mind and the emotions.
A serious purpose underlies the work of Gide, and it is from such purposes that great novelists arise. - The New York Times
A little masterpiece.... as fine as a spire on Notre Dame. - James Joyce