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Lafcadio's adventures: Les caves du Vatican (Doubleday anchor books) Mass Market Paperback – 1953

by André Gide (Author)
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  • Series: Doubleday anchor books
  • Mass Market Paperback: 255 pages
  • Publisher: Doubleday (1953)
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B00085QLEG
  • Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.1 x 1.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,625,930 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Much more here than meets the eye
By IRA Ross on May 3, 2004
Format: Paperback
Gide's _Lafacdio's Adventures_ is much more than a book about a young man who commits a senseless crime. It is also far more than just a couple of mascarading crooks who concoct a story of the kidnapping of a high church official as a means of bilking a naive gentleman of his money. Gide has written a marvelously twisty-even slightly twisted-and often hillariously funny crime novel. What places _Lafcadio's Adventures_ far above that genre is its emphasis on the meaning of friendship, loyalty, genuine caring and a real sense of responsibility for another human being that can and often does transform people. Gide takes an interesting look at a social outsider in a fresh and humane way. The result is a truer and far more complex and sympathetic picture of such an individual. Even if I could not quite make out his motivations there is still much to think about in Gide's brilliant study of saints and sinners.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
An Examination of an Exceedingly Relevant Question
By J. Carpenter on June 1, 2009
Format: Paperback
I came to this after reading, and loving, The Immoralist, and I was not disappointed. In this novel, Gide seems to be continuing the examination of personal responsibility to others and oneself--there's very little logical reason to avoid that which society considers "bad," (murder, stealing) so long as there is a good chance of anonymity. This sort of question has continued relevance to a modern audience, and Gide offers some interesting outcomes.
As for the translation, admittedly never having read the French, it seemed a bit wordy compared to the economy of version The Immoralist I'm familiar with. However as I have not compared the styles of the novels in their original tongue I can't say if this discrepancy lies there or with the different translators.
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7 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Not panning the book, just the edition
By Patrick OConnor on August 10, 2011
Format: Paperback
A warning to those who want to buy this book: It is laid out as if one were reading it on-line, with each block paragraph separated by a full line. Longer spaces between paragraphs in the original edition are not marked as such. Much of the rhythm of the original book (or its original translation, at any rate) is lost in this format.
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Nobel Prize Winner Andre Gide at his best!
By K. Dimas on May 30, 2008
Format: Paperback
Anything but common place writing ... so original in thinking. I also loved the hop-scotching through all the European cities and meeting all the characters he ran into. Find it interesting that his books at the time became banned by the Vatican, but werent so many. Great read.
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