François Mauriac, winner of the Nobel Prize and recipient of France’s Legion d’honneur, was among the last century’s most pre-eminent men of letters, and a devout Roman Catholic.Vipers’ Tangle is one of Mauriac’s most famous works, a book of bruising beauty that explores man’s capacity for love and hate, bitterness and forgiveness, sin and redemption, [...]
The Woman of the Pharisees, by Francois Mauriac
February 9, 2006 Leave a Comment
FRANCOISReviewed by Christine J. Murray As one begins to read Woman of the Pharisees, one might think there is no possibility of redemption for the title character. When the novel by Francois Mauriac first hit France during World War II, one might have thought there would be no possibility of the world ever learning about [...]
Diary of a Country Priest, by Georges Bernanos
January 20, 2006 1 Comment
“An Insignificant Little Priest”: by Rachel Murphy “Mine is a parish like all the rest.” This novel, small and unassuming, catches one off-guard; the perceptive country Curé, in the opening pages of his diary, speaks of the “stale discouragement” of his small parish; of loneliness; of parishioners who are “bored stiff”; of a “cancerous growth.” [...]
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