Description
In 1890s Paris, Lafcadio Wluiki—street-smart, restless, and newly informed that he is the heir to a failing French nobleman—finds his life abruptly redirected toward wealth, risk, and motion. His journey begins with a taste for spectacle and luxury, but quickly spirals into a labyrinth of Rome’s underworld and high society, where a Church extortion scheme, an imprisoned Pope, and a cast of unstable allies and opportunists blur the lines between faith, fraud, and survival. As Lafcadio moves through swindlers, aristocrats, pickpockets, and eccentrics, the novel explores temptation and self-invention, the moral elasticity of desire, and the uneasy performance of belief in a world driven by appetite. Written in André Gide’s incisive, witty style, the book turns travel into a stage for ethical testing—inviting readers to ask what it really means to choose, to believe, and to live beyond the roles others assign you.
Available Editions
paperback
Vintage Books
Published Jan 1, 1953
242 pages
ISBN: 9780394700960
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Details
First Published
1914
Language
fra
Translation
From: fra
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Lafcadio's Adventures by André Gide.