Mouchette
$28.77
- Paperback
156 pages
- Release Date
15 June 2004
Summary
One of the great mavericks of French literature, Georges Bernanos combined raw realism with a spiritual focus of visionary intensity. Mouchette stands with his celebrated Diary of a Country Priest as the perfection of his singular art.
“Nothing but a little savage” is how the village school-teacher describes fourteen-year-old Mouchette, and that view is echoed by every right-thinking local citizen. Mouchette herself doesn’t bother to contradict it; ragged, foulmouthe…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781590171516 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1590171519 |
| Author: | Georges Bernanos, Fanny Howe |
| Publisher: | New York Review Books |
| Imprint: | NYRB Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 156 |
| Edition: | Main |
| Release Date: | 15 June 2004 |
| Weight: | 160g |
| Dimensions: | 204mm x 127mm |
| Series: | New York Review Books Classics |
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Critics Review
More than seven decades later it retains its brutal power and pathos. Irish Times A welcome reminder of the power and importance of an often neglected author. TLS A quirky, angry little tale about the loneliness of the artist, as much as of a disenfranchised young girl. Scottish Sunday Herald
About The Author
Georges Bernanos
Georges Bernanos (1888-1948) was born in Paris and studied for his license in law and literature at the University of Paris. He was the author of many novels, including The Diary of a Country Priest, which, like Mouchette, was adapted for film by Robert Bresson. His Dialogues des Carmelites was used by composer Fran ois Poulenc as the libretto for the opera of the same title.
Fanny Howe was raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and moved to California to attend Stanford University when she was seventeen. She has published several books of poetry and fiction and a collection of essays called The Wedding Dress. She is Professor Emerita of American Literature and Writing at the Unviersity of California, San Diego.
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