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In describing his own feelings that I felt he was making my own confession.

Corydon by Andre Gide

December 25, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

This is a 1905 set of conversations (and maybe a novel? fiction?) with a philosopher who goes by the name of Corydon. The narrator and Corydon have a series of dialogues about homosexuality. In each, while trying to explore the topic thoroughly, Corydon takes on a different academic lens. They begin by discussing the topic within a moral and philosophical framework and begin off by using Walt Whitman’s poetry as a start. They offer the generally held belief that homosexuality is a perversion. So they […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Non-Fiction Tagged With: andre gide, corydon

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:708 · Genres: Fiction, Non-Fiction · Tags: andre gide, corydon ·
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After much searching I have found the thing that sets me apart: a sort of stubborn attachment to evil.

The Immoralist by Andre Gide

May 26, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

This is a book about a young man who is struggling with the religious upbringing his Huguenot parents give him and when he seeks to appease them by getting married to a woman he doesn’t love, this struggle leads to his own disillusionment, the wages of sin, and her own deep unhappiness, stagnation, and doom. On honeymoon, Michel contracts tuberculosis to which his new wife devotes herself to his care while he ignores her affections for the love of various men across North Africa, and […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: andre gide, the immoralist

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:289 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: andre gide, the immoralist ·
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It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not

Strait is the Gate by Andre Gide

May 7, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Strait is the Gate I found this book to be entirely engaging and pretty devastating, especially at the end. We meet Jerome, a young man from a Parisian family who family troubles lead him to becoming increasingly more connected with his extended family. This brings him into contact with his cousin Alissa. The two fall in love with each other, but cannot discuss or talk about it. But the reasons they can’t aren’t entirely because of their family connections but more so because of their […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: andre gide, strait is the gate

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:244 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: andre gide, strait is the gate ·
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