Chapter 71 Gide's Autobiography and Diary

Gide's Autobiography and Diary Andrew Gide is a writer who likes to expose himself in his works, so his autobiography and diary Diary became part of his most important works. His autobiography has a very strange title: "If a seed dies..." The autobiography of the great poet Goethe is titled "Poetry and Truth".The world of poetry is imaginary, empty, But it is beautiful; although the real world is realistic, it is also unavoidably hypocritical and ugly.Song De used this philosophical phrase to name his autobiography. Gide's "If a seed dies..." uses a more remote allusion, and it is not the same as this

Such a sentence to name the autobiography is a bit conceited.Because this sentence comes from the New Testament of the Bible of.The general idea is that a seed (wheat) falls into the soil, if it does not die, it will always remain a seed If it dies, it can germinate and grow, blossom and bear fruit, and become countless wheat.Gideon This is the name of his autobiography, indicating that the meaning of his life is "martyrdom" and "sowing", so to speak very conceited. "If a Seed Dies..." is a bold autobiography.Gide is very frank in it It exposes some secrets of my life, some debauched behaviors when I was young, and also truthfully writes

Come.Therefore, when his autobiographical translation was first published in the United States, it was rejected because of the description of male sex in it. Listed as a banned book, the publisher was punished.Although the ban was lifted later, only a limited number of prints were allowed Made limited edition. The first thing I read was this limited edition, which I bought at a rather expensive price. This is not only true of his autobiography, but also in many of Gide’s novels. Obviously writing about himself. His diary was compiled and published in his later years.The published ones have quite a lot of weight, and the unpublished ones

I am afraid there are still many.Compared with his autobiography and those memoirs, Gide's diary has elements of reasoning Too much, too little narrative.He was trying to analyze himself, revealing his inner me, obviously beforehand It is ready to be published.These diaries are therefore good sources for the study of Gide's thoughts and works, but Not a good read. If you want to read from Gide's diary the anecdotes of contemporary writers' acquaintances like that of Brother Gongol's diary, That is to be disappointed. To read such a text, one should read his memories of Oscar Wilde.It's just a brochure, but

As a writer's reminiscence of another writer's friendship, this is a beautiful and touching article s work.Especially after Wilde was released from prison.Rejected by the world, quietly living in the French countryside In a small hotel, Gide is the only one who does not forget the old feelings and still regards him as his friend, which is the rarest thing of.