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The Way of the Kings

André Malraux

出版	Hesperus, 2005
主題	Fiction / Action & AdventureFiction / ClassicsFiction / Literary
ISBN	18439140699781843914068
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=QdpmQgAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

One of Malraux's most exotic novels, The Way of Kings is a perfect companion to Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. When Claude and Perken meet on a ship heading for Indochina, they decide to throw in their lots to form a dual expedition into the perilous jungles of Cambodia. Claude, a young Frenchman, is seeking adventure, fame, and fortune. Perken, a veteran Dutch explorer, is returning to his own little patch of Siam; appalled at the effects of age, he is aiming to recapture his former masculine pride. Facing death at every turn from the seething forest and "bestial” tribes people, they are nonetheless driven to leave their stamp on a world on the eve of its demise. Novelist, art historian, and statesman Andr� Malraux is best known for his psychological masterpiece, Man’s Fate.