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Urien's voyage

Nobel Prize-winning writer Andr- Gide marks his voyage toward self-discovery in this imaginative allegorical work When Urien and his sailing companions begin their voyage, it is to places unknown and, perhaps, only dreamed. This allegorical masterpiece from Andr- Gide, a key figure of French letters, deftly illustrates the techniques and doctrine of the Symbolist movement-and the dual nature of Gide-s own psyche. Written at a crucial time in his artistic development, this imaginative work signals his gradual abandonment of acetic celibacy toward an embrace of pleasure and carnal desires, revealing a Gide more transparent in this early work than in his mature writings. Translator and scholar Wade Baskin annotates the work, connecting Gide-s life and bibliography to the text.

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