Vipers' Tangle

Mauriac, Francois

ISBN 10: 1441762272 ISBN 13: 9781441762276

Verlag: BLACKSTONE PUB, 2013

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Book by Mauriac Franois

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Reseña del editor:

In this remarkable novel, Mauriac brings his extraordinary talent for probing the inmost core of the human character to what is arguably the most exciting theme in the world: the battle for the human soul. In all of literature there can be few more appalling studies of a soul devoured by pride and avarice, corroded by hatred. Louis, a wretchedly unhappy multimillionaire, all but personifies evil. Toward the end of his life, seeking to uncover the cause of his unhappiness, he commits to paper his whole bitter story: his indulgent but affection-starved childhood; his first love; the trivial misunderstanding that festered until it poisoned their entire married life and the lives of their children; the old miser's struggle to disinherit his family; and finally, the powerful climax, with divine grace vying to the very end to pierce the evil encrusting Louis' soul.

Biografía del autor:

Francois Mauriac (1885-1970) was a French novelist, essayist, poet, playwright, journalist, and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1952. He belonged to the long tradition of French Roman Catholic writers, who examined the problems of good and evil in human nature and in the world.

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• Verlag: BLACKSTONE PUB
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1441762272
• ISBN 13: 9781441762276
• Einband: CD de audio