{"product_id":"if-it-die-isbn-9780375726064","title":"If It Die . . .","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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\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?Brilliant... As a novelist and critic Gide has many times presented us with his spiritual autobiography: here are the facts of his life.??\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\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.Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300740747493,"sku":"NP9780375726064","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780375726064.jpg?v=1767729776","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/if-it-die-isbn-9780375726064","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}