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Diari d'Anna Frank
by Anne FrankAquesta és l'edició definitiva del cèlebre Diari d'Anne Frank. El seu text amplia en una quarta part les edicions anteriors i ofereix una visió completa i fidedigna de la terrible odissea viscuda durant la Segona Guerra Mundial per la família Frank Després de la invasió d'Holanda, els Frank, comerciants jueus alemanys emigrats a Amsterdam el 1933, es van amagar de la Gestapo en una mansarda connectada a l'edifici on el pare de l'Anne tenia les seves oficines. Eren vuit persones i van romandre-hi recloses des del juny de 1942 fins a l'agost de 1944.En aquell lloc i en les més precàries condicions, l'Anne, una nena de tretze anys, va escriure el seu esgarrifós Diari: un testimoni únic en el seu gènere sobre l'horror i la barbàrie nazis, i sobre els sentiments i les experiències que van viure ella mateixa i els seus acompanyants. L'Anne va morir al camp de Bergen-Belsen al març de 1945. El seu Diari no morirà mai.Un testimoni únic sobre l'horror i la barbàrie nazi, i sobretot sobre els sentiments i les experiències viscudes per una nena jueva reclosa amb la seva família per fugir de l'Holocaust. John F. Kennedy va dir...«D'entre tots els qui, al llarg de la història, han parlat en nom de la dignitat humana en temps de sofriment i mort, no hi ha cap veu amb més pes que la de l'Anne Frank.»
Diaries
by George Orwell Christopher Hitchens Peter DavisonA major literary event--the long-awaited publication of George Orwell's diaries, chronicling the events that inspired his greatest works. This groundbreaking volume, never before published in the United States, at last introduces the interior life of George Orwell, the writer who defined twentieth-century political thought. Written as individual books throughout his career, the eleven surviving diaries collected here record Orwell's youthful travels among miners and itinerant laborers, the fearsome rise of totalitarianism, the horrific drama of World War II, and the feverish composition of his great masterpieces Animal Farm and 1984 (which have now sold more copies than any two books by any other twentieth-century author). Personal entries cover the tragic death of his first wife and Orwell's own decline as he battled tuberculosis. Exhibiting great brilliance of prose and composition, these treasured dispatches, edited by the world's leading Orwell scholar, exhibit "the seeds of famous passages to come" (New Statesman) and amount to a volume as penetrating as the autobiography he would never write.
Diaries & Selected Letters (Oneworld Classics Ser.)
by Mikhail BulgakovThis volume of personal writings offers an intimate view of the celebrated Russian author&’s life and creative process in the face of Soviet censorship. Best known for his biting satire of Soviet society, The Master and Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov kept meticulous journals, written with keen humor and insight, about his day to day life in Moscow as well as the wider social and political life of early 20th century Russia. But his diaries stop midway through the 1920s—the Bolshevik secret police raided his apartment and confiscated his private notebooks in 1926. After that incident, Bulgakov began chronicling his thoughts in letters. Writing mostly to friends and family, he also sent letters to literary contemporaries like Maxim Gorky and Yevgeny Zamyatin, and even to Joseph Stalin. These correspondences are both bitingly funny and full of pain, mundane and sublime. This selection of Bulgakov&’s private writings provides a fascinating glimpse into a period of Russian history and literature that was alive with creative energy yet darkened by the iron grip of censorship. The Alma Classics edition of Diaries and Selected Letters is translated by Roger Cockrell with the authorization of the Bulgakov Estate. Cockrell translation reflects the clear, humorous, and profound language of the original with colloquial English idioms and phrasings.
Diaries 1969–1979: The Python Years (Michael Palin Diaries #1)
by Michael PalinThe amazingly insightful, funny and brilliant record of Michael Palin's prime years as a member of the famed comedic group, Monty Python. “Charming and at times revelatory . . . A voice of (relative) sanity in the eye of a comedic storm, Palin paints so vivid a picture that the reader becomes a Python by proxy.” —The New York Times Book ReviewMichael Palin has kept a diary since newly married in the late 1960s, when he was beginning to make a name for himself as a TV scriptwriter, and Monty Python was just around the corner.This volume of his diaries reveals how Python emerged and triumphed, how he, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, the two Terrys—Jones and Gilliam—and Eric Idle came together and changed the face of British comedy. But this is only part of Palin’s story. Here, too, is his growing family, his home in a north London Victorian terrace, his solo effort as an actor, and his writing endeavors (often in partnership with Terry Jones) that produce Ripping Yarns and even a pantomime.Meanwhile Monty Python refuses to go away: his account of the making of both The Holy Grail and the Life of Brian movies are page-turners, and the sometimes extraordinary goings-on of the many powerful personalities who coalesced to form the Python team makes for funny and riveting reading.A perceptive and funny chronicle, the diaries are a rich portrait of a fascinating period.“It is terrifically good: funny, astute, and wonderfully written.” —The Boston Globe
Diaries Volume One: Prelude to Power (The Alastair Campbell Diaries #1)
by Alastair CampbellAs Alastair Campbell said in the introduction to The Blair Years, it was always his intention to publish the full version, covering his time as spokesman and chief strategist to Tony Blair. Prelude to Power is the first of four volumes, and covers the early days of New Labour, culminating in their victory at the polls in 1997.Volume 1 details the extraordinary tensions between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown as they resolved the question as to which one should stand to become Labour leader. It shows that right from the start, relations at the top were prone to enormous strain, suspicions and accusations of betrayal. Yet it also shows the political and personal bonds that tied them together, and which made them one of the most feared and respected electoral machines anywhere in the world. A story of politics in the raw, Prelude to Power is above all an intimate, detailed portrait of the people who have done so much to shape modern history.
Diaries Volume Three: Power and Responsibility (The Alastair Campbell Diaries #3)
by Alastair CampbellPOWER AND RESPONSIBILITY is the third volume of Alastair Campbell's unique daily account of life at the centre of the Blair government. It begins amid conflict in Kosovo, and ends on September 11, 2001, a day which immediately wrote itself into the history books, changing the course of both the Bush presidency and the Blair premiership. In this volume, we see that New Labour's honeymoon is well and truly over. In addition to detailing the continuing tensions at the top, here we find graphic accounts of a variety of domestic crises: foot-and-mouth disease and protests over fuel prices which almost brought Britain to a halt. Volume Three includes Peter Mandelson's second resignation, the agonies of the Millennium Dome, and the most unexpected slow-handclapping in memory, when the Women's Institute turned against Tony Blair. Yet despite all the problems - not least the most accident-prone manifesto launch in history, complete with deputy prime minister John Prescott punching a voter - Labour won a second successive landslide election victory. That triumph is intimately recorded here, alongside the high points of this period, such as devolution to Northern Ireland and the fall of Milosevic.
Diaries Volume Two: Power and the People (The Alastair Campbell Diaries #2)
by Alastair CampbellPower & the People covers the first two years of the New Labour government, beginning with their landslide victory at the polls in 1997. This second voume of Campbell's unexpurgated diaries details the initial challenges faced by Labour as they come to power and settle into running the country. It covers an astonishing array of events and personalities, progress and setbacks, crises and scandals, as Blair and his party make the transition from opposition to office.
Diaries of War: Two Visual Accounts from Ukraine and Russia [A Graphic Novel History]
by Nora KrugPowerful graphic journalism that highlights the contrasting realities of a Ukrainian journalist and a Russian artist grappling with their own individual experiences of Russia&’s war on Ukraine—collected, edited, and illustrated by award-winning author Nora KrugImmediately after Russia began its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Nora Krug reached out to two anonymous subjects—&“K.,&” a Ukrainian journalist, and &“D.,&” a Russian artist—and began what would become a year of correspondence. Based on her weekly interviews with K. and D., Krug created this collection of illustrated accounts that chronicles two contrasting viewpoints from opposing sides of the first year in this ongoing war.With millions displaced, injured, or killed as a result of the invasion, Krug presents a look at the devastating effects on an everyday, individual level. K.&’s diary documents a year of emotional and existential distress. She experiences loss in every sense of the word: the death of those close to her, the disconnection from her family and friends, and the devastation of her country—but her account is also a story about bravery and survival in the face of dire uncertainty.In juxtaposition, D.&’s narrative details his disdain for his government&’s murderous actions and his attempts at emigrating his family abroad. He navigates his own struggle with cultural identity, guilt, and lack of action in the face of a tyrannical regime—a perspective that is necessary in challenging readers to confront the political actions of their own countries. Krug approaches Diaries of War with the immense skill and thoughtfulness required to document these two complicated experiences for the purpose of encouraging critical thinking.Published as an Op-Comic series with the Los Angeles Times, with a portion of the entries unique to this book, Diaries of War is a harrowing real-time record of an international conflict that continues to devastate countless lives.
Diaries of a Young Poet
by Rainer Maria Rilke Edward Snow Michael Winkler"In the diaries [Rilke] kept from 1898 to 1900, now translated for the first time . . . the overall impression is that of a genius just coming into his own powers."--Boston Phoenix In April 1898 Rainer Maria Rilke, not yet twenty-three, began a diary of his Florence visit. It was to record, in the form of an imaginary dialogue with his mentor and then-lover, Lou Andreas-Salome, his firsthand experiences of early Renaissance art. The project quickly expanded to include not only thoughts on life, history, and artistic genius, but also unguarded moments of revulsion, self-doubt, and manic expectation. The result is an intimate glimpse into the young Rilke, already experimenting brilliantly with language and metaphor. "For the lover of Rilke, this superb translation of the poet's early diaries will be a watershed. Through Edward Snow's and Michael Winkler's brilliantly supple and faithful translation . . . a new and more balanced picture of Rilke will emerge."--Ralph Freedman
Diaries of an Adventurer: "Journeys of a solo woman to the ends of Earth"
by Daniela ZavalaMixing current events, culture, adventure, history, humor and high doses of adrenaline, "Diaries of an Adventurer" series is a close and authentic look at remote societies and controversial countries around the world. In each travelogue, journalist, and intrepid adventurer Daniela Zavala immerses herself with ceaseless curiosity into exotic cultures and dangerous destinations that can only be comprehended with an open mind, easiness and never-ending inquisitiveness. Since 1997, Daniela has visited solo over 70 countries without fear or prejudice, exploring places that most people wouldn't dare to go or might not even know about. In this edition, Daniela ventures to Iran just a few months after the controversial 2009's presidential election. This land rich in culture has been polemic and feared by the Western world. But, how is the Islamic Republic really like? What's in the mind of the average Iranian? Daniela's experience brings you closer to this fascinating and so-talked about nation.
Diaries, 1910-1923
by Franz KafkaThese diaries cover the years 1910 to 1923, the year before Kafka's death at the age of forty. They provide a penetrating look into life in Prague and into Kafka's accounts of his dreams, his feelings for the father he worshipped and the woman he could not bring himself to marry, his sense of guilt, and his feelings of being an outcast. They offer an account of a life of almost unbearable intensity.From the Trade Paperback edition.ruggles and triumphs in expressing himself as a writer.Now, for the first time in this country, the complete diaries of Franz Kafka are available in one volume. They are not only indispensable to an understanding of Kafka the man and the artist, but are a compulsively readable, haunting account of a life of almost unbearable intensity.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Diaries, 1942-1954
by Michael Bloch James Lees-MilneThe diaries of the National Trust's country house expert James Lees-Milne (1908-97) have been hailed as 'one of the treasures of contemporary English literature'. The first of three, this volume, which includes interesting material omitted when the diaries were originally published during the author's lifetime, covers the years 1942 to 1954, beginning with his wartime visits to hard-pressed country house owners, and ending with his marriage to the exotic Alvilde Chaplin.
Diaries, 1942-1954
by Michael Bloch James Lees-MilneThe diaries of the National Trust's country house expert James Lees-Milne (1908-97) have been hailed as 'one of the treasures of contemporary English literature'. The first of three, this volume, which includes interesting material omitted when the diaries were originally published during the author's lifetime, covers the years 1942 to 1954, beginning with his wartime visits to hard-pressed country house owners, and ending with his marriage to the exotic Alvilde Chaplin.
Diaries, 1971-1983
by Michael Bloch James Lees-MilneFunny, indiscreet, candid, touching and sharply observed, this second compilation from James Lees-Milne's celebrated diaries covers his life during his sixties and early seventies, when he was living in Gloucestershire with his formidable wife Alvilde. It vividly portrays life on the Badminton estate of the eccentric Duke of Beaufort, meetings with many friends (including John Betjeman, Bruce Chatwin and the Mitford sisters) and the diarist's varied emotional experiences. Having made his name as the National Trust's country houses expert and a writer on architecture, he now established himself as a novelist and biographer. With some misgivings he published his wartime diaries, little imagining that it was as a diarist that he would achieve lasting fame.
Diaries, 1971-1983
by Michael Bloch James Lees-MilneFunny, indiscreet, candid, touching and sharply observed, this second compilation from James Lees-Milne's celebrated diaries covers his life during his sixties and early seventies, when he was living in Gloucestershire with his formidable wife Alvilde. It vividly portrays life on the Badminton estate of the eccentric Duke of Beaufort, meetings with many friends (including John Betjeman, Bruce Chatwin and the Mitford sisters) and the diarist's varied emotional experiences. Having made his name as the National Trust's country houses expert and a writer on architecture, he now established himself as a novelist and biographer. With some misgivings he published his wartime diaries, little imagining that it was as a diarist that he would achieve lasting fame.
Diaries, 1984-1997
by Michael Bloch James Lees-MilneThis final compilation from James Lees-Milne's celebrated diaries covers the last fourteen years of his life, when he was living on the Duke of Beaufort's Badminton estate. Old age and infirmity have not dimmed his sharpness, literary skill or interest in the world around him, and his reflection on people, places and experiences are as vivid as ever. A tour of the Cotsworlds makes him ruefully aware of the yuppy trends of the Thatcher era, while he predicts that the New Labour victory will bring 'a descent into American-style vulgarity and yob culture'. Witty, waspish, poignant and candid, James Lees-Milne's last diaries contain as much to delight as the first, and confirm his reputation as one of the great commentators of his times.
Diaries, 1984-1997
by Michael Bloch James Lees-MilneThis final compilation from James Lees-Milne's celebrated diaries covers the last fourteen years of his life, when he was living on the Duke of Beaufort's Badminton estate. Old age and infirmity have not dimmed his sharpness, literary skill or interest in the world around him, and his reflection on people, places and experiences are as vivid as ever. A tour of the Cotsworlds makes him ruefully aware of the yuppy trends of the Thatcher era, while he predicts that the New Labour victory will bring 'a descent into American-style vulgarity and yob culture'. Witty, waspish, poignant and candid, James Lees-Milne's last diaries contain as much to delight as the first, and confirm his reputation as one of the great commentators of his times.
Diaries: 1972 - 1982
by Alan ClarkThe first volume of the 20th century's most phenomenally successful diaries, published alongside first paperback of THE LAST DIARIES.INTO POLITICS begins in 1973 with Clark's selection as Tory candidate for Nancy Astor's old seat in Plymouth (rival candidates included future Conservative luminaries Michael Howard and Norman Fowler). Alan Clark describes his election to the Commons in the 1974 general election; his years as a backbencher coincide with Edward Heath as PM, his downfall and the arrival of Margaret Thatcher. This volume ends with the inside story of the Falklands War.In his private life Alan and his wife Jane and their two young sons take over Saltwood Castle, previously the home of his father Kenneth (Civilisation) Clark. His enthusiasms for the estate, skiing, fast cars and girls are never far away.
Diaries: In Power
by Alan ClarkThe second volume of Alan Clark's bestselling DIARIES, covering the downfall of Margaret ThatcherThe first volume of Alan Clark's diaries, covering two Parliaments during which he served under Margaret Thatcher - until her ousting in a coup which Clark observed closely from the inside - and then under John Major, constitute the most outspoken and revealing account of British political life ever written. Cabinet colleagues, royalty, ambassadors, civil servants and foreign dignitaries are all subjected to Clark's vivid and often wittily acerbic pen, as he candidly records the daily struggle for ascendancy within the corridors of power.
Diaries: In Power
by Alan ClarkThe second volume of Alan Clark's bestselling DIARIES, covering the downfall of Margaret ThatcherThe first volume of Alan Clark's diaries, covering two Parliaments during which he served under Margaret Thatcher - until her ousting in a coup which Clark observed closely from the inside - and then under John Major, constitute the most outspoken and revealing account of British political life ever written. Cabinet colleagues, royalty, ambassadors, civil servants and foreign dignitaries are all subjected to Clark's vivid and often wittily acerbic pen, as he candidly records the daily struggle for ascendancy within the corridors of power.
Diaries: Into Politics
by Alan ClarkThe first volume of the 20th century's most phenomenally successful diaries, published alongside first paperback of THE LAST DIARIES.INTO POLITICS begins in 1973 with Clark's selection as Tory candidate for Nancy Astor's old seat in Plymouth (rival candidates included future Conservative luminaries Michael Howard and Norman Fowler). Alan Clark describes his election to the Commons in the 1974 general election; his years as a backbencher coincide with Edward Heath as PM, his downfall and the arrival of Margaret Thatcher. This volume ends with the inside story of the Falklands War.In his private life Alan and his wife Jane and their two young sons take over Saltwood Castle, previously the home of his father Kenneth (Civilisation) Clark. His enthusiasms for the estate, skiing, fast cars and girls are never far away.
Diario
by Katherine MansfieldLas memorias y confesiones secretas de la gran escritora neozelandesa. «La única escritura por la que he sentido envidia».Virginia Woolf «Uno de los grandes hallazgos literarios de mi vida. De los principales».Winston Manrique Sabogal, WMagazín Cuando el diario de Katherine Mansfield se publicó por primera vez en 1927, Dorothy Parker afirmó en su reseña para The New Yorker: «Lo que leemos es tan íntimo que casi me siento culpable por haber transitado estas páginas. Es un libro magnífico, pero creo que solo los grandes y tristes ojos de Katherine deberían haberlo leído». En realidad, Katherine nunca tuvo intención de publicar estos textos. Tras su muerte en 1923, su marido y editor, John M. Murry, se dedicó a rescatar todos los escritos que había dejado inéditos desde 1914 hasta tres meses antes de su deceso —fragmentos de ficción, breves notas personales, incluso los papeles donde apuntaba las cuentas domésticas— y elaboró con ellos este magnífico testimonio, que revela sus emociones y pensamientos más personales, su manera de trabajar y su amor por la vida. Lleno de agudezas, cargado de ternura y de sentido del humor, este diario es un documento excepcional para conocer en profundidad a una de las autoras más destacadas del siglo XX. Reseña: «Su escritura pareciera estar hecha de puntadas delicadas sobre un mantel precioso que cuando se tiende al sol se descubre repleto de manchas insalvables».Magalí Etchebarne «Una de las autoras más singulares, independientes y atormentadas del siglo XX. [...] Katherine Mansfield fue, en cierta forma, única en su especie».Miguel A. Delgado, El Español «Sobran razones para leer a Katherine Mansfield. [...] Provista del don de la proximidad, según Frieda Lawrence, y con una mente tremendamente sensible, en palabras de su rival literaria, Virginia Woolf. [...] Hizo que su obra prefigurara la de cuentistas tan diversos como Alice Munro, Grace Paley, Elizabeth Bowen, Mercè Rodereda, Julio Cortázar, Raymond Carver y Hebe Uhart.»Daniel Gigena, La Nación «Uno de los más sólidos, compactos y tenaces temperamentos literarios del siglo XX.»Pietro Citati «Considerada una de las mejores cuentistas en lengua inglesa, la puerta de entrada a sus pequeñas construcciones era con frecuencia un detalle mínimo al que ningún otro escritor habría dado importancia.»Laura Ferrero, ABC Cultural «Katherine Mansfield fue una persona anhelante de vida y desbordante de pasión por todo lo que deseaba, hasta arrasarlo con su fuego interior sin querer. [...] Una narradora exquisita enamorada de la belleza cuya obra gana con el tiempo. [...] Ha sido uno de los grandes hallazgos literarios de mi vida. De los principales.»Winston Manrique Sabogal, WMagazín «No resulta difícil de explicar la admiración de Virginia Woolf. Los relatos de Katherine Mansfield describen un universo de sensaciones que es también la materia sobre la que ella elabora sus novelas. Más exacto sería decir la inmateria, el espíritu. Las dos se centran en los oscuros sutiles y trascendentes repliegues del sentimiento y las impresiones más íntimas.»Soledad Puértolas, El País «Una de las mejores escritoras modernistas.»Lorna Sage «Un personaje único en la historia de la literatura reciente.»P. Unamuno, El Mundo «Mansfield era una ladrona de instantes, una observadora incansable de las microsituaciones en que se involucraba la gente a su alrededor.»InfoLibre
Diario 1887-1905
by André GidePrimera entrega de la edición en cuatro volúmenes del monumental Diario de André Gide, considerado su obra cumbre. Se ha dicho que el Diario de André Gide llevó el género de la literatura íntima a su máxima expresión, y no cabe duda de que esta crónica pormenorizada de sus días nos abre la puerta a la vida pública y privada de una figura central de la cultura francesa y europea del siglo XX. En sus páginas aparecen las numerosas y a menudo contradictoras facetas del autor: su educación protestante, su acercamiento al catolicismo, su rechazo posterior de ambos, su matrimonio sin consumar con su prima Madelaine, la reivindicación de homosexualidad y sus opiniones políticas, incluida su crítica al estalinismo y su oposición a la intervención colonial francesa en África. Esta primera entrega, que comienza por las entradas escritas a los diciocho años de edad, es también un documento de la edución sentimental e intelectual de Gide, en el que el escritor en ciernes va dejando constancia de sus afinidades y afiliaciones artisticas hasta escribir sus primeros libros importantes. Acerca de la obra:«Mi gusto por Gide se redobla al leer su Diario.»Albert Camus «Es una excelente noticia que la editorial Debolsillo haya decidido publicar íntegramente dichos diarios [...] de la mano del crítico y editor Ignacio Echevarría, autor del excelente estudio introductorio que acompaña cada volumen.»Anna Caballé, Babelia «El Journal de Gide cuenta la historia de alguien que se pasó la vida buscando realizar su obra maestra y no la logró. O tal vez sí, tal vez sí la logró, y su obra maestra sería entonces paradójicamente ese Journal que iba reflejando la búsqueda de su obra cumbre.»Enrique Vila-Matas «Obra y Vida: el Journal, que algunos consideraban la obra cumbre de Gide, la más completa, la mas perdurable, está en el centro deesa encrucijada.»Laura Freixas «Nunca hay que leer las frases del diario de Gide como si fuesen simples constataciones, aun cuando estén en indicativo: son deseos, plegarias, órdenes, himnos, remordimientos, inculpaciones.»Jean-Paul Sartre «El Diario está escrito mucho más como un diálogo que como un monólogo. Es menos una confesión que el relato de un alma que se busca, se responde, conversa consigo misma.»Roland Barthes «Lo que tiene lugar en el Diario, considerado en su conjunto, lo que en definitiva lo sostiene y cohesiona, viene a ser lo que cabe entender por una épica de la sinceridad. La ardua conquista de una expresión cabal, verdadera y honesta de sí mismo.»Ignacio Echevarría «Una obra de arte [...], una creación.»Georges Simenon
Diario 1887-1910
by Jules RenardJules Renard comenzó a escribir su Diario con apenas veinte años. Una obra personal que lo acompañó a lo largo de su vida y lo consagró póstumamente como uno de los autores más sobresalientes del siglo XX. Su enorme influencia entre una pléyade de escritores de varias generaciones se debe a la radical modernidad de su Diario, escrito de un moralista que, sin perdonar las vivisecciones de la sociedad literaria, política y cultural de su tiempo, concentró lo mejor de su talento en el análisis penetrante y despiadado de su propio carácter, sus méritos y debilidades, sus ambiciones y contradicciones. Jules Renard se propuso como espejo de todos los hombres, como tema central de una obra autobiográfica que se erige, a su vez, como un arte poética.La esposa de Renard censuró y quemó muchos de los pasajes del texto original, por lo que la primera publicación del Diario, en 1925, representa tan solo la mitad de la obra. La presente edición es una antología esencial, una cuidada selección de estos escritos, prodigios de humor y lucidez de un maestro indiscutible de la palabra.
Diario 1906-1925
by André GideSegunda entrega de la monumental edición del Diario de Gide en cuatro volúmenes, considerado su obra cumbre. En el segundo volumen de su Diario, André Gide alcanza la madurez como escritor y continua reflexionando sobre una obra literaria que, con lirismo, sutileza y vocación experimental, avanza desde El retorno del hijo pródigo hasta Los falsificadores de moneda, quizá su obra más conocida y sin duda una de las más influyentes del siglo XX. El escritor explora y analiza en estas páginas cuestiones de conciencia vinculadas a su matrimonio blanco, su fe vacilante y su homosexualidad, pero también pasa revista a uno de los períodos más convulsos de la historia del siglo XX, cuando la sociedad europea va dejando atrás la despreocupación de la belle époque para internarse en el cruento panorama de la Gran Guerra y finalmente superarla. Acerca de la obra:«Mi gusto por Gide se redoblaal leer su Diario.»Albert Camus «Es una excelente noticia que la editorial Debolsillo haya decidido publicar íntegramente dichos diarios [...] de la mano del crítico y editor Ignacio Echevarría, autor del excelente estudio introductorio que acompaña cada volumen.»Anna Caballé, Babelia «El Journal de Gide cuenta la historia de alguien que se pasó la vida buscando realizar su obra maestra y no la logró. O tal vez sí, tal vez sí la logró, y su obra maestra sería entonces paradójicamente ese Journal que iba reflejando la búsqueda de su obra cumbre.»Enrique Vila-Matas «Obra y Vida: el Journal, que algunos consideraban la obra cumbre de Gide, la más completa, la mas perdurable, está en el centro de esa encrucijada.»Laura Freixas «Nunca hay que leer las frases del diario de Gide como si fuesen simples constataciones, aun cuando estén en indicativo: son deseos, plegarias, órdenes, himnos, remordimientos, inculpaciones.»Jean-Paul Sartre «El Diario está escrito mucho más como un diálogo que como un monólogo. Es menos una confesión que el relato de un alma que se busca, se responde, conversa consigo misma.»Roland Barthes «Lo que tiene lugar en el Diario, considerado en su conjunto, lo que en definitiva lo sostiene y cohesiona, viene a ser lo que cabe entender por una épica de la sinceridad. La ardua conquista de una expresión cabal, verdadera y honesta de sí mismo.»Ignacio Echevarría «Una obra de arte [...], una creación.»Georges Simenon