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Livres anciens et modernes

Gide, Andre

Travels in the Congo

1929

107,16 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Détails

Année
1929
Lieu d'édition
New York, London. Alfred A. Knopf
Auteur
Gide, Andre
Thème
Travel - Africa
Langues
Anglais

Description

8vo [22 x 15 cm]; [xii], frontis, plates from photos, folding map showing author's route. original cloth, spine lettering a bit faded but readable, quite clean, very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A classic by this famous French writer. The author travelled from Brazzaville, up river, to the forests between Bangui and Nola, to Bosoum, Fort Archambault, Fort Lamy, Chad, the Logone, Maroua, Lere, Binder, Bibemi, Rei-Bouba, etc. Conover 1106: 'The American edition comprises the two books by this distinguished literary man, Voyage au Congo and Retour du Tschad. . . Gide's long trip in the French tropical colony, made by boat, car, tipoye, on hors and foot was semiofficial in character. . . Gide was horrified by his findings and presented a challenging indictment of the callous exploitation of the Africans. . . The book exerted a strong influence on French opinion regarding colonial policy'.

Edizione: first american edition, translated from the french.