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Shanghai, 1927, and revolution is in the air. As the city becomes caught up in violence and bloodshed, four people's lives are altered inexorably: idealist and intellectual Kyo Gisors, one of the leaders of the Communist insurrection, who is also trying to deal with his own marital strife; Ch'en Ta Erh, an assassin and terrorist brutalized by killing; Baron de Clappique, a French gambler, opium dealer and gun runner; and Russian revolutionary Katov, who calmly watches events unfold, until he has to make the ultimate sacrifice. Each of these men must try to resolve their personal conflicts amid political turmoil, conspiracy and betrayal.Man's Fate, first published in 1933 and now reissued as a Penguin Modern Classic, is a gripping story of conflict, free will and our power to shape our destiny.

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Si Flaubert soñó con una escritura que se sostuviera por la sola fuerza de su estilo, Malraux se acerca aquí al ideal de una acción que se sostiene por la sola fuerza de la escritura. Una escritura llena de atrevidos movimientos en los que luce la vieja afición de Malraux por la prosa brillante y las asociaciones extravagantes (Ignacio Echevarría).Nacido para la acción, imaginaria o real, André Malraux -uno de los grandes personajes del siglo XX- concibió su vida como una sucesión de aventuras, anhelos, ambiciones e ideas en marcha. Dotado de una prosa eléctrica y ágil, embaucadora, sus palabras corren por el texto como sus logros personales por su legendaria biografía: a saltos, desordenadas. Tahúr de emociones y metáforas, aviador sin aviones, brigadista en la guerra de España, resistente antifascista de uniforme sin pistola, Ministro de Cultura -el hombre de las bibliotecas- del General De Gaulle, Malraux imaginó su existencia como una combinación extraña de obra de arte y desafíos.

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The description for this book, The Voices of Silence: Man and his Art. (Abridged from The Psychology of Art), will be forthcoming.

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The Conquerors describes the struggle between the Kuomintang and the Communists in the Cantonese revolution of the 1920s. It is both an exciting war story and a gallery of intellectual portraits: a ruthless Bolshevik revolutionary, a disillusioned master of propaganda, a powerful Chinese pacifist, and a young anarchist. Each of these "conquerors" will be crushed by the revolution they try to control. In a new Foreword, Herbert R. Lottman discusses the political background of the book, and the extent to which Malraux invented the history he wrote about. "[The Conquerors] is a valuable introduction to Malraux himself, who would, like his fictional counterpart, become an analgam of talents as novelist, essayist, Leftist and Gaullist, Resistance hero and art critic. He was among the most 'universal' of French men of letters."—Choice "The novel can be enjoyed as a remarkable work of modernism. With images derived from the silent cinema and prose from the telegraph, it moves at a tremendous pace. Canton all comes to violent life, seen as though from a speeding car."—Kirkus "No other writer of the 20th century had the same capacity to translate his personal adventure into a meeting with history and a dialogue of civilization."—Carlos Fuentes, New York Times Book Review

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