{"product_id":"roger-martin-du-gard-and-maumort-the-nobel-laureate-and-his-unfinished-creation-paperback-softback-9781501747830","title":"Roger Martin Du Gard and Maumort; The Nobel Laureate and His Unfinished Creation (Paperback \/ softback) 9781501747830","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRoger Martin Du Gard and Maumort\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Nobel Laureate and His Unfinished Creation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBenjamin Franklin Martin (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501747830\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 February 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e246 pages, 1 b\u0026amp;w halftone\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this rigorously researched and well-written volume, Benjamin Franklin Martin sheds light on the life and creative genius of Roger Martin du Gard, a figure who, despite winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1937, has become somewhat marginalized in French literary history.\u003c\/p\u003e (French History) \u003cp\u003eBenjamin Franklin Martin's literary biography of Roger Martin du Gard, who won the 1937 Nobel Prize for Literature, is an impressive achievement.\u003c\/p\u003e (The Key Reporter) \u003cp\u003eMartin weaves throughout his subject's journal, correspondence, and works, and brings to light (and life) the complexity that lurked behind the public persona of the world-renowned 1937 recipient of the Nobel Prize. Highly recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e (Choice)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the late 1930s and early 1940s, Roger Martin du Gard was one of the most famous writers in the Western world.\u003c\/b\u003e He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1937, and his works, especially \u003ci\u003eLes Thibault\u003c\/i\u003e, a multivolume novel, were translated into English and read widely. Today, this close friend of André Gide, Albert Camus, and André Malraux is almost unknown, largely because he left unfinished the long project he began in the 1940s, \u003ci\u003eLieutenant Colonel de Maumort\u003c\/i\u003e. Initially, the novel is an account of the French experience during World War II and the German occupation as seen through the eyes of a retired army officer. Yet, through Maumort's series of recollections, it becomes a morality tale that questions the values of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century European civilization. A fragmentary version of the novel was published in 1983, twenty-five years after its author's death, and an English translation appeared in 1999. Even incomplete, it is a work of haunting brilliance. In this groundbreaking study, Benjamin Franklin Martin recovers the life and times of Roger Martin du Gard and those closest to him. He describes the genius of Martin du Gard's literature and the causes of his decline by analyzing thousands of pages from journals and correspondence. To the outside world, the writer and his family were staid representatives of the French bourgeoisie. Behind this veil of secrecy, however, they were passionate and combative, tearing each other apart through words and deeds in clashes over life, love, and faith. Martin interweaves their accounts with the expert narration that distinguishes all of his books, creating a blend of intellectual history, family drama, and biography that will appeal to scholars, students, and general readers alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Northern Illinois University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52607789531416,"sku":"9781501747830","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/roger-martin-du-gard-and-maumort-the-nobel-laureate-and-his-unfinished-creation-paperback-softback-9781501747830","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}