Le Jardin de Cordoue ou Endymion Endormi

Paris: Gallimard, 1938. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 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).

Good in original cream paper wrappers with red title to spine and front cover. Bottom three inches of spine panel is no longer present. Chipping to wrappers and edges of some pages. Browning to spine and interior margins. Binding remains secure despite damage to spine. A good reading copy of a scarce book. 218 pages. FRE/121013.