Contemporary Review, October 1st, 1995
Domnica Radulescu. Peter Lang, New York. $20. 0-8204-2296-7. `The desire to be king is foolish', said Malraux, `but everyone must seek a kingdom'. It was his belief in France which gave focus to the hitherto vague ideals which had sustained the young Malraux. His novels, with titles like L'Espoir and La Condition Humaine, were triumphs of narrative over impossible high-mindedness. Malraux lacked the discipline of a Communist, though he was one with the revolutionary left on the crisis-point of Spain. He put his faith into a transformed world while he meditated much on the relationship between ...
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