{"product_id":"if-it-die-an-autobiography-9780375726064","title":"If It Die . . .: An Autobiography","description":"\u003cbr\u003eThis is the major autobiographical statement from Nobel laureate André Gide. In the events and musings recorded here we find the seeds of those themes that obsessed him throughout his career and imbued his classic novels \u003cb\u003eThe Immoralist \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eThe Counterfeiters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGide led a life of uncompromising self-scrutiny, and his literary works resembled moments of that life. With \u003cb\u003eIf It Die\u003c\/b\u003e, Gide determined to relay without sentiment or embellishment the circumstances of his childhood and the birth of his philosophic wanderings, and in doing so to bring it all to light. Gide's unapologetic account of his awakening homosexual desire and his portrait of Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas as they indulged in debauchery in North Africa are thrilling in their frankness and alone make \u003cb\u003eIf It Die\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ean essential companion to the work of a twentieth-century literary master.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andre Gide\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/08\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.43h x 5.97w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375726064\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2001 pg. 132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndré Gide\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Paris in 1869 and died there in 1951. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1947. His works include \u003ci\u003eThe Immoralist, The Counterfeiters, Strait is the Gate, \u003c\/i\u003ethe autobiography \u003ci\u003eIf It Die . . ., \u003c\/i\u003eand three volumes of \u003ci\u003eJournals. \u003c\/i\u003eHe also wrote plays, essays, short stories, and books of travel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43232664387699,"sku":"9.78038E+12","price":22.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_e8365612-2abd-40bc-883f-524b422de74e.jpg?v=1754049462","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/if-it-die-an-autobiography-9780375726064","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}