MARSHLANDS

By André Gide Translated by Damion Searls 116 pp. New York Review Books. Paper, $14.95.

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The narrator of “Marshlands,” a writer, is being driven mad by ennui. He’s miserably aware that human beings can’t be anything but themselves, defined by their personal characteristics and imprisoned by routine. He rails against the sameness of the...

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