1925. French writer, humanist, and moralist who received the Nobel
Prize for Literature in 1947. Gide's search for self, the
underlying theme of his several works, remained essentially
religious. Throughout his career Gide used his writings to examine
moral questions. He is as well known for his influence as a
moralist and a thinker as for his contributions to literature.
Lafcadio Wluiki is one of the original creations in modern fiction.
Gide's preoccupation with the gratuitous action, the unmotivated
crime-it has a place in more than one of his books-here receives
its most extended treatment, and Lafcadio is the instrument. With
characteristic irony, Gide leads the police to a solution wherein
the wrong man is apprehended and punished for the crime, while the
charmingly perverse Lafcadio goes free. The action passes with
cinematographic speed, chiefly in the capitals of Europe. The
actors, other than Lafcadio, are noblemen, saints, adventurers and
pickpockets. See other titles by this author available from
Kessinger Publishing.
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