by Georges Bernanos · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782266014731
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«Journal d'un curé de campagne» is the novel by Georges Bernanos, published by Presses Pocket in paperback format, in French.
The narrative follows the diary of a young priest assigned to a rural French parish, where he contends with the indifference of parishioners, illness, and a profound crisis of faith. Considered a masterpiece of twentieth-century French literature, it explores human fragility and the strength that can emerge from everyday suffering.
Work originally published in 1936, winner of the Grand Prix du Roman de l'Académie française. This Presses Pocket edition includes an unpublished preface by André Malraux and a biographical note by Jean-Loup Bernanos.
Recommended for readers of classic French literature and narrative of spiritual and religious introspection.
Louis Émile Clément Georges Bernanos was a French author, and a soldier in World War I. A Catholic with monarchist leanings, he was critical of elitist thought and was opposed to what he identified as defeatism. He believed this had led to France's defeat and eventual occupation by Germany in 1940 during World War II. His two best-known novels Sous le soleil de Satan (1926) and the Journal d'un curé de campagne (1936) both revolve around a parish priest who combats evil and despair in the world. Most of his novels have been translated into English and frequently published in both Great Britain and the United States.
