May 13, 2005

Read What Malraux Wrote

To the Editor:

It is good to see Carlin Romano's essay on André Malraux, an author who merits much more attention than he receives ("André Malraux: the Last American Frenchman," The Chronicle Review, March 11). It's a pity, however, that the occasion had to be the publication of Olivier Todd's Malraux: A Life, whose chief characteristic is that it adds yet another layer to the already enormous pile of myth and misinformation surrounding Malraux's life.

If only

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