Anti-Memoirs

451 Pages·1990·3.89 MB·English

by  Andre Malraux

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AN DRE
MALRAUX
ANTI­
MEMOIRS

ANDRMEA LRAUX
ANTI-MEMOIRS
TRANSLATEBDY TERENCEK ILMARTIN
A literaanrdyh istordiocc umenotf the first
iTJiportaAnnctei,- Memobiyr Asn dreM alraiusx
amongt hem osts ignificwaonrtko sf t hicse ntury.
Int hibso ok,M alratuexl olfst hoseev entisnh is
lifweh ichh avec onsequefnocrea llm en. Mal­
r;mx'rsa ngoef experieinscu en iquef,o ra sa
statesmaRne,s istafingchet enro,v eliasntd, a rt
historhiaen i,sa to ncea man ofa ctioann da
man ofl etters.
Malrahuaxs p articipiantt ehdem ostc rucial
eventosfo urt imetsh,e C hinesRee voluttihoen ,
SpaniCsihv iWla rt,h eF rencRhe sistdaunrcien g
WorldW arI Ia nd,s ince1 95h8as,s erveadsa
minisitne Dre GaulleC'asb ineHte.w eavemse n
ande ventisd,e aasn dd escriptoifgo rnesa wto rks
ofa rti ntoon ev astta pesotfrh yu mane xperience.
Presentainn ign cessacnhtalnyg iknagl eidoscope
ofe xotiimca gehse,t aketsh er eadferro mt hel ost
citiaensd c ivilizaotfi Aosnisaa n d Afritcoat he
tortucrhea mberosft he GestapHoi.cs o nversa­
tionwsi tshu cwho rllde adearssN ehruD,e Gaulle,
Mao Tse-tuanngd, C houE n-laarie j uxtaposed
witrhe flectioonnl isf aen dd eatthh,e i mmortality
andm etamorphoosfa irst a,n dm an'usl timartee­
lationshitph ewu intihv erse.
," Whati nteremset,s" Malrasuaxy s"., . . is
theh umanc onditioInn. "A nti-Memotihres ,
humanc onditiisos ne einn c oncentractaimopns ,
int hem idsotf p olitical upihnte haevp aolwse,r
andi maginatoifgo rne alte adearnsd,i nt het est­
ingo fm an'cso uraagned e ndurancBeyr. e lating
hiasc tioannsd d iscloshiinstg h oughtMsa,l raux
demonstrattheeps u rposaen ds pecimaela ning
ofh isl ifaen do fa lhl uman life.
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ANDREM ALRAUXw asb orni n Pariins 190A1t.
twenyt-onhee wentto Indochionna a n archae�
ologiecxaple diiotna rdi,w hiltehe re,j oinweidt h
theY oungA nnamL eaguieni tsfi ghfto rI ndo­
chinedsoem inisoatntu s.L aetrh,e l iveidn China
ando bservtheed srtugglbeew teenth e Kuomin­
tang andt he Communiss.t Afetrh isr eutrnt o
Franchee, d evoetd himsetlo ft he fighatg ainst
fascisImn. 1 93h6e, or ganizaend i netrnational
aicro rpfso rth e Republifcoarnc iensth e Spanish
CiviWla r.A tth e oubtreaokf WorldW arI I,
hew asa n officeri nt he Frencahr my.H ew as
woundeadn dc aputrede,s capebde,c amea ctive
int he Frencuhn dergrouwnadsc, a putreda gain,
escapeadn,d finishtehed wara sa n officeri n
AlsacHee.t h enb ecamoen eo ft he leadeorfsa
poliictamlo vemenhte adebdy Charldees G aulle.
Sinc1e9 5h8e,h a sb eenM iniesrot f Cuulrtei n
De GaulleC'asb i.n eMtalraubxo'osk si nclude
Temptatioofnt heW est,T heC onqueroTrhse,
RoyaWla y,M an'sF ateM,a n'sH ope,D ayso f
Wrath,T he Voiceosf S ilenacned, Metamor­
phosiosf t heG ods.
TERENCKEI LMARiTsIL Nie trarEyd oirto f London's
ObserveHri.sp reviotruasn sliaotnsi ncludteh e
followibnogo ksb y Henryd e Monthenrt:l a
Chaosa ndN ightT,h eB achelaonrdst h,e tetral­
ogy,T heG irls.
Jacdkeestbi yCg hne rm6a Gyeeiffs Amsasro cIinact.e s
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ANTI­
MEMOIRS
ANDRE
.........-RAUX
ANTI­
MEMOffiS
TRANSLATEBDY
TERENCEK ILMARTIN
HOLT,R INEHARTA ND WINSTON
NEw YoRK CHICAGO SAN FRANciSco
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