Lazarus

New York, NY: Grove Press: Evergreen Books. Near Fine. 1978. 1st Edition Thus (1959); First Printing. Paperback. First Edition Thus (1978) , so stated. First Printing, so stated. Very Near Fine in Wraps: shows two pricess neatly excised at the upper corner of the front panel and rear panel; mild rubbing and faint consequent soiling to the white background field of the rear panel; the expected tanning to the text pages due to aging; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, marks, or marginalia in the text. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing minor, unobtrusive flaws only. Close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8 x 5.25 x 4.5 inches). 149 pages. Translated by Terence Kilmartin. Language: English. Weight: 6.4 ounces. First published in French in 1974. Trade Paperback. André Malraux (1901 – 1976) was a French novelist, art theorist, and minister of cultural affairs. Malraux's novel La Condition Humaine (Man's Fate) , published in 1933, won the Prix Goncourt. Lazarus is the fourth and final book in his autobiography. It is a personal meditation on death, exploring what death has meant to people from ancient to modern times. Malraux had been stricken by an almost fatal nervous disease. His illness evoked dream-like memories of earlier encounters - before a firing squad, an escape from a German prison camp, his father's suicide, the deaths of nearly everyone he had loved. A book to be pondered and savored. A classic of its kind. ; 149 pages .