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LES NOURRITURES TERRESTRES

One of the most popular books of a giant of modern French literature, this is a hymn to the pleasures of life that Gide came so close to losing forever while suffering from tuberculosis -- touch, hearing, smell, sight and, more than anything, taste.

Les Nourritures terrestres est une oeuvre litt?raire d'Andr? Gide, publi?e en 1897, ?voquant le d?sir et l'?veil des sens. Cette oeuvre de jeunesse, longuement m?rie, est celle d'un convalescent [...] qui embrasse la vie comme quelque chose qu'il a failli perdre. Ni roman, ni... Read Full Overview

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Les Nourritures terrestres est une oeuvre litt raire d'Andr Gide, publi e en 1897, voquant le d sir et l' veil des sens. R ception et post rit Les Nourritures sont en quelque sorte le pendant joyeux et solaire du De Profundis d'Oscar Wilde, oeuvre sombre o l' crivain irlandais... Read Full Overview