The Prodigal Son Returns Home (collected Works of Gide)
by H
About This Novel
"The Return of the Prodigal Son" consists of six texts, which are like prose poems, novels, and dramas, but the author calls them all "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 they are interpreted symbolically. 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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