Books by francois mauriac

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Francois Mauriac (1889-1970) was a French novelist, essayist, poet, dramatist and critic. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1952. He pl... ...Read More »

Les Mains jointes was the volume with which the future Nobel Prize winner, Francois Mauriac, first made an impact on the literary scene. This edition will make available a significant text that has been out of print for several decades. The book, edited by an acknowledged Mauriac specialist, will include an Introduction covering the composition and critical reception of the poems; an assessment of... ...Read More »

From the moment she walks from court having been charged with attempting to poison her husband, to her banishment, escape to Paris, and final years of solitude and waiting, the life of Therese Desqueyroux is passionate and tortured. The victim of a hostile fate, Therese, as Mauriac said of her 'belongs to that class of human beings ...for whom night can end only when life itself ends. All that is ... ...Read More »