Le Temps du mépris

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Le Temps du mépris, published in 1935, is a novel by French writer André Malraux. The book depicts the underground resistance to the Nazis within Germany. It tells the story of a communist's brutal imprisonment by the Nazis. Despite Malraux's Marxist sympathies and criticisms of fascism, this was the only one of his books permitted for publication in the Soviet Union. The novel is part of Malraux's broader exploration of political idealism and revolutionary struggle, evident in other works like La Condition humaine and L'Espoir.12

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In the novel Le Temps du mépris (1935; Days of Contempt, or Days of Wrath), Malraux tells a story of the underground resistance to the Nazis within Hitler’s Germany. Despite Malraux’s evident Marxist sympathies and his bitter criticisms of fascism, this was the only one of his books…
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In the novel Le Temps du mépris (1935; Days of Contempt, or Days of Wrath), Malraux tells a story of the underground resistance to the Nazis within Hitler’s Germany. Despite Malraux’s evident Marxist sympathies and his bitter criticisms of fascism, this was the only one of his books…
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