Andre Malraux Anti Memoirs
� ANDRE MALRAUX ANTI MEMOIRS ANDRE MALRAUX ANTI-MEMOIRS TRANSLATED BY TERENCE KILMARTIN A literary and historic document of the first iTJiportance, Anti-Memoirs by Andre Malraux is among the most significant works of this century. In this book, Malraux tells of those events in his life which have consequence for all men. Mal r;mx's range of experience is unique, for as a statesman, Resistance fighter,novelist, and art historian,he is at once a man of action and a man of letters. Malraux has participated in the most crucial events of our times,the Chinese Revolution,the Spanish Civil War,the French Resistance during World War II and,since 1958, has served as a minister in De Gaulle's Cabinet. He weaves men and events,ideas and descriptions of great works of art into one vast tapestry of human experience. Presenting an incessantly changing kaleidoscope of exotic images,he takes the reader from the lost cities and civilizations of Asia and Africa to the torture chambers of the Gestapo. His conversa tions with such world leaders as Nehru, De Gaulle, Mao Tse-tung,and Chou En-lai are juxtaposed with reflections on life and death,the immortality and metamorphosis of art,and man's ultimate re lationship with the universe. , "What interests me," Malraux says, "... is the human condition." In Anti-Memoirs, the human condition is seen in concentration camps, in the midst of political upheavals,in the power and imagination of great leaders,and in the test ing of man's courage and endurance. By relating his actions and disclosing his thoughts, Malraux demonstrates the purpose and special meaning of his life and of all human life.
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