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Strait is the Gate (French: La Porte Étroite) is a 1909 French novel written by André Gide. It was translated into English by Dorothy Bussy. It probes the complexities and terrors of adolescence and growing up.
Strait Is the Gate, tale by André Gide, published in 1909 as La Porte étroite. It is one of the first of his works to treat the problems of human relationships. The work contrasts the yearning toward asceticism and self-sacrifice with the need for sensual exploration as a young woman struggles with.
A short novel about a young woman's quest for sainthood and her love for a cousin, based on the biblical verse "Strait is the gate and narrow is the way that leads to life" (Luke 13:24). The novel explores themes of sin, redemption, and irony, and reveals the paradox of Alissa's death and the discovery of her diary.
2 de ago. de 2022 · Strait Is The Gate by Andre Gide. Publication date 1924 Collection internetarchivebooks Contributor Internet Archive Language English. Notes. Cut-off text on some pages due to tight binding. Addeddate 2022-08-02 00:02:24 Autocrop_version 0.0.14_books-20220331-0.2
André Gide, Dorothy Bussy (Translator), Andrew Moore (Editor) 3.58. 5,141 ratings516 reviews. 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.
Strait Is the Gate ( La Porte étroite) explores and rejects the opposite possibility—that the summit of human achievement lies in the renunciation of all earthly joys. It is the story of Jerome, told 13 years later, and of his love as a young adolescent for his cousin Alissa, who turns him down, wastes away, and finally dies.
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