Azael

Paris: Gallimard, 1972. Paper Wrappers. Near Fine. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO DEDICATEE, BLAIN ALLAN. Marcel Jouhandeau (1888-1979) was a French writer who studied at the Lycée Henri-IV, and the Sorbonne in Paris. He was tormented by his homosexual tendencies and vacillated between practicing them and denying them. After a personal crisis during which he destroyed his manuscripts, he returned to writing. During World War I, he was a secretary in his hometown of Guéret, and In 1924, he published Les Pincegrain, a chronicle of the inhabitants of Guéret, which brought him his first literary success. Unfortunately Jouhandeau became a Nazi sympathizer, and in 1938, he published four anti-Semitic articles in a volume titled, "Le Péril Juif" (The Jewish Peril).

Cream paper wrappers with red title to spine and front panel. Clean, bright interior. 106 pages. FRE/041007.