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Man's Fate

André Malraux

Paperback | Pages: 368 pages

Rating: 3.76 | 4205 Users | 240 Reviews

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Original Title:	La Condition humaine
Edition Language:	French
Characters:	Chen Ta Erh, Kyo Gisors, Baron Clappique, Old Gisors, May Gisors, Katow, Hemmelrich, Yu Hsuan, Kama, Ferral, Konig, Suan
Setting:	Shanghai,1927(China)
Literary Awards:	Prix Goncourt (1933)

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As explosive and immediate today as when it was first published in 1933, 'Man's Fate' ('La Condition Humaine'), an account of a crucial episode in the early days of the Chinese Revolution, foreshadows the contemporary world and brings to life the profound meaning of the revolutionary impulse for the individuals involved.

As a study of conspiracy and conspirators, of men caught in the desperate clash of ideologies, betrayal, expediency, and free will, Andre Malraux's novel remains unequaled.

Translated from the French by Haakon M. Chevalier

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Title	:	Man's Fate
Author	:	André Malraux
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 368 pages
Published	:	February 19th 1990 by Vintage (first published April 28th 1933)
Categories	:	Fiction. Cultural. France. Classics. European Literature. French Literature. Literature. China. Philosophy

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Ratings: 3.76 From 4205 Users | 240 Reviews

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A brilliant brilliant book that spoke to me of commitment, fidelity and belief, and the bond that are forged in shared struggles. These aspects are greatly magnified by placing the key characters on the losing side, thus hi-lighting the ever present moments in which choices have to be made, and responsibility taken once those decisions are enacted upon. This is all achieved without recourse to romantic, or heroic cliches, indeed there is a real warmth the emerges from the strong relations

This was good but I definitely would have gotten more out of it if I was more familiar with the political landscape of 20th century China and if I was able to concentrate on anything right now.

Goncourt Prix in 1933 (La condition humaine). Malraux's incurssion into the human's nature, his reflections on our destiny and our race's meaning is what (in my mind) constitutes the main value of this book.The novel is much more than just a history of the Communist crashing at the hands of Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang in 1927 Shanghai. Aside from capturing this historical moment which marked the split between the two political partners and the start of the Chinese Civil War, Man's Fate gave me

Malraux's fictional portrayal of an early Communist revolutionary attempt in Shanghai, China. Malraux packs a lot of action into 338 pages, with each character save one getting an ending. It is ironic that many of the characters attempting this overthrow of Chiang Kai-shek Nationalist regime are not themselves Chinese. Katov was Russian; Hemmelrich appeared to be German or Belgian; and Kyo was half Japanese and half French. The actual Chinese participants were mainly terrorists (like Ch'en).

Even for me--a longtime reader of works of revolutionary politics and political science--this novel was cumbersome to absorb. To place it among the more stalwart literature I've already read concerning the Chinese Civil War, is a reluctant action on my part. I'm forced to designate it one of the more poorly-written 'great books' of this type, which has come my way so far. I'm at a loss to explain why the book has remained so highly-regarded for so long. It routinely appears on lists of fine

Great book about the Chinese Civil War. It's not a chronicle, but a dramatisation of the few days surrounding a communist uprising against the regime and its foreign allies. The main characters are the party militants, led by Europeans, who have dedicated their lives to this violent ideology, and are determined to win or die trying. As is often the case, their lack of concern for their own wellbeing serves to justify their coldblooded mass calculations of the fate of others. It's a very well

It was a bit dry...Here is typical "dialog" from one of the only women characters: "It's very difficult: if the Women's Union grants divorce to mistreated women, the husbands will leave the revolutionary Union; and if we don't grant it to them, they will lose all confidence in us. I don't blame them..." On the bright side, how often do you get characters that talk about the Women's Union? And I did enjoy, if that is the right word, the descriptions of the characters that were about to be