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    Strait is the Gate

Strait is the Gate

Andre Gide, Dorothy Bussy

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      A delicate boy growing up in Paris, Jerome Palissier spends many summers at his uncle's house in the Normandy countryside, where the whole world seems 'steeped in azure'. There he falls deeply in love with his cousin Alissa and she with him. But gradually Alissa becomes convinced that Jerome's love for her is endangering his soul. In the interests of his salvation, she decides to suppress everything that is beautiful in herself - in both mind and body.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.
      CONTRIBUTORS: Andre Gide, Dorothy Bussy EAN: 9780141185248 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 100 g HEIGHT: 198 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Penguin Books Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2001-02-22 CITY: GENRE: FICTION / Classics WIDTH: 129 cm SPINE:

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      Classic fiction: general and literary

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      A delicate boy growing up in Paris, Jerome Palissier spends many summers at his uncle's house in the Normandy countryside, where the whole world seems 'steeped in azure'. There he falls deeply in love with his cousin Alissa and she with him. But gradually Alissa becomes convinced that Jerome's love for her is endangering his soul. In the interests of his salvation, she decides to suppress everything that is beautiful in herself - in both mind and body.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.
      CONTRIBUTORS: Andre Gide, Dorothy Bussy EAN: 9780141185248 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 100 g HEIGHT: 198 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Penguin Books Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2001-02-22 CITY: GENRE: FICTION / Classics WIDTH: 129 cm SPINE:

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