内容简介
'Toknowhowtofreeoneselfisnothing;thearduousthingistoknowwhattodowithone'sfreedom'-AndreGide.Michelhadbeenablindfoldscholaruntil,newlymarried,hecontractedtuberculosis.Hiswilltorecoverbringsself-discoveryandthegrowingdesiretorebelagainsthisbackgroundofculture,decencyandmorality.ButthefreedomfromconstraintsthatMichelfindsonhisrestlesstravelsiswonatgreatcost.Andfreedomitself,hefinds,canbeaburden.Gide'snovelexaminestheinevitableconflictsthatarisewhenapleasureseekerchallengesconventionalsocietyand,withoutmoralizing,itraisescomplexissuesinvolvingtheextentofpersonalresponsibility.
作者简介
AndreGidewasborninPaulGuillaumeinParis.Hewasauthorofover50volumesoffiction,poetry,plays,criticism,biography,belleslettres,andtranslations.Amonghisbest-knownworksareFRUITSOFTHEEARTHandTHECOUNTERFEITERS,histranslationsofOEDIPUSandHAMLET,andhisJOURNAL.HereceivedtheNobelPrizeforLiteraturein1947.Gidediedin1951.