Pierre Drieu la Rochelle. Diary. 1939-1945

Pierre Drieu la Rochelle is one of the most celebrated French writers of the mid-20th century. Entering literature alongside the surrealists, he, not content with "poetic rebellion," linked his work with politics, paying particular attention to the development of socialist ideas in Russia and Germany. "Diary 1939-1945" is a unique account of the quests and delusions of this outstanding French intellectual, culminating in his admission of defeat and suicide. In France, "Diary" was published in the remarkable "Witnesses" series by Gallimard. In this book, the French writer reckons with his own political mysticism and is incredibly relevant for enlightened Russian readers who reject the authority of political mythology.