Man’s Fate (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: André Malraux
- First Published: 1933
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: 1927
- Setting: Shanghai, China
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Communism or communists, Revolutionaries, Police, Revolutions, 1920’s, Assassination, Riots, Terrorism or terrorists, Martyrs or martyrdom, China or Chinese people
- Locales: Shanghai, China
Characters Discussed
Ch’en (shehn), a Chinese terrorist dedicated to the revolution. In an attempt to kill Chiang Kai-shek with a bomb, he blows himself up but fails in his mission.
Kyo (kyoh), a communist organizer of French and Japanese parentage. He is tormented by thoughts of his wife’s freely confessed adultery. Arrested by König, he kills himself with a cyanide tablet given him by Katov.
Gisors (zhee-SOHR), Kyo’s old French father, who resembles an ascetic abbot. After the revolutionary plot fails, he returns to Japan to teach painting.
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