The wealthy Zeus drops a handkerchief in the street, and whoever picks it up must give him the name and address of one other person.
That person is then rewarded with untold riches, while the finder of the handkerchief receives a punch in the face.
This novella, a work of refined intellectual imagination, is a satirical discussion of manâs search for individual values.
âPrometheus Illboundâ will delight fans of Gide's other notable works, such as ÂŽThe Fruits of the EarthÂŽ (1897) and âThe Counterfeitersâ (1926).
AndrĂ© Paul Guillaume Gide (1869 â 1951) was a renowned French author who won the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Described as "France's greatest contemporary man of letters", Gide was known for his fiction and autobiographical works. He published over fifty books, including ÂŽThe Fruits of the EarthÂŽ (1897), âLafcadioâs Adventuresâ (1914), âStrait is the Gateâ (1909), and the experimental âThe Counterfeitersâ (1926).
However, the Frenchman claimed âCorydonâ (1911), was his most important work. In it, he used evidence from naturalists, historians, poets, and philosophers to back up his belief that homosexuality was not âunnaturalâ, arguing it was more natural than exclusive heterosexuality, which he believed to be a union created by society.