The Prodigal Son Returns Home (translation Classic)
by H
About This Novel
"The Collection of the Prodigal Son Returns Home" has six texts in total: Narith's Explanation, Love Experiment, El-Aqian, Philocdande, Bai Shapei, and The Prodigal Son's Return. It is like a prose poem, a novel, and a drama, but the author collectively calls it a "monograph" (Traités). The translator, Mr. Bian Zhilin, feels that the translation as "explanation" is not satisfactory. The materials of the six texts are all taken from myths, legends or fables in Greece and the Bible, and the symbols are interpreted with symbols. There are books in books and paintings within paintings, layered and full of meanings. They fully reflect the unique aesthetic, artistic, religious and moral views of Gide, the most complex literary master of the 20th century. Each of the six texts has its own emphasis but complements each other. It can be regarded as Gide's most artistic spiritual autobiography.
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