※특가 상품으로 회원등급 할인, 적립금 적립 및 사용불가 / 쿠폰 사용 불가 / 교환 및 반품 불가

20세기 최고의 작가로 손꼽히는 앙드레 지드의 대표작 『Strait Is the Gate』. 엄격한 종교적 권위와 계율 사이에서 갈등하는 인간의 이야기를 그린 작품이다. 뛰어난 심리 묘사와 종교에 대한 진지한 성찰, 감미로운 청춘의 정서가 흥미롭게 그려져 있다.

A delicate boy growing up in Paris, Jerome Palissier spends many summers at his uncle's house in the Normandy countryside, where the whole world seems 'steeped in azure'. There he falls deeply in love with his cousin Alissa and she with him. But gradually Alissa becomes convinced that Jerome's love for her is endangering his soul. In the interests of his salvation, she decides to suppress everything that is beautiful in herself - in both mind and body. A devastating exploration of aestheticism taken to extremes, "Strait is the Gate" is a novel of haunting beauty that stimulates the mind and the emotions.