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Urien's Voyage (Peter Owen Modern Classics)

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I have read a couple of books by Andre Gide and I wasn't overly impressed. I still have a copy of "The Counterfeiters" which, I understand, is more worthy of the author that the other two I read. I saw "Urien's Voyage" and opted to take another look. I came away again realizing that Gide goes in directions that I'm not that interested in following.

I could tell from this early work of his that Gide has a fertile mind as well as a descriptive style of writing. His issues with his sexuality are certainly present in this short work of his. It reads like a sort of "Oddysey" without the combat. Urien and his fellow travelers encounter many different things in their voyage and most of them are certainly worthy of comment. The final two pages seem out of style with the rest of the book but they are actually an essential part of understanding what Gide is trying to say. I tried following what he was trying to say but I eventually realized that I really wasn't all that interested.