
Andre Gide: Odabrana djela 1-8
Selected works of Andrea Gide in eight volumes.
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Selected works of Andrea Gide in eight volumes.
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Marcello Clerici, obsessed with normality after a traumatic childhood and a homosexual attack, becomes a fascist bureaucrat. He marries the average Giulia, and on their "honeymoon" in Paris, he is assigned to kill a former professor, anti-fascist Quadri.
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A collection of 41 short stories: the characters act like "automatons" – mechanical, listless, incapable of authentic reaction to life's problems. Modern man alienated, trapped in routine, sex, money and passivity, without will or feelings.
Jaromil, a young poet raised by a possessive mother, seeks a "real life" in poetry and revolution. His lyrical youth, love, and idealism lead him into conformity and betrayal of intimate relationships – he dies young and unfulfilled.
The novel follows three women: Diane, a noblewoman; Catherine Simonidzé, a feminist; and the real Clara Zetkin, a communist. Through their destinies, the crisis of bourgeois society, women's emancipation, and the path to communism are depicted.