Counterfeiters

Length: 12h 9m
Chapters: 14
Language: English
Genre: Literary Fiction

In Les Faux-monnayeurs André Gide examines the lives of several individuals and families in the Paris of 1925, following their interrelationships and travels to reveal a cross-section of French society at a particular moment in history. Although the characters affect one another by their choices and some significant story lines do reach closure, there is no actual plot. The counterfeiting of the title enters the plot eventually, and it has a double function: to provide a climactic point at which to end the novel (by no means a “conclusion”) and also to declare the author’s integrity. A character speaking of literature in general says, “In a world in which everyone cheats, it’s the honest …