Corydon

by André Gide

Book Overview

Considered by Gide to be the most important of his books, this slim, exquisitely crafted volume consists of four dialogues on the subject of homosexuality and its place in society. Published anonymously in bits and pieces between 1911 and 1920, Corydon first appeared in a signed, commercial edition in France in 1924 and in the United States in 1950, the year before Gide's death. The present edition features the impeccable translation of the Pulitzer...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2070383350
• ISBN13: 9782070383351
• Release Date: February 1991
• Publisher: Gallimard Education
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

A quick amusing read

A quick, amusing read, but not Gide's best work. The work doesn't have the same subjective character studies I've grown to love, but rather reads like a scientific paper written by a skeptical college student. Nonetheless, it is a landmark work in gay literature and so I gave it 4 stars instead of the 3 it actually earned.