Prometheus Illbound (le Promethee Mal Enchaine) [Paperback]

The book Prometheus Illbound is one of the most characteristic books of Andre Gide: a work of pure intelectual fantasy, where the subtle brain of the author has full play. It is the expression of the humorous side of a mind which must be ranked among the greatest of the world's literature. The work of art is the exaggeration of an idea, says Gide in the epilogue of Prometheus Illbound . This is really the explanation of the whole book and of many other books of Gide. --- Andre Paul Guillaume Gide (1869-1951) was a French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1947. His other works include: Les Caves du Vatican ( Lafcadio's Adventures ), Les Nourritures Terrestres ( Fruits of the Earth ), La Porte Etroite ( Strait is the Gate ), L'Immoraliste ( The Immoralist ) and many others.