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Mouchette (New York Review Books Classics)

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Mouchette (New York Review Books Classics)

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.

â€œNothing but a little savageâ€ is how the village school-teacher describes fourteen-year-old Mouchette, and that view is echoed by every right-thinking local citizen. Mouchette herself doesnâ€™t bother to contradict it; ragged, foulmouthed, dirt-poor, a born liar and loser, she knows herself to be, in the words of the story, â€œalone, completely alone, against everyone.â€ Hers is a tale of â€œtragic solitudeâ€ in which despair and salvation appear to be inextricably intertwined.

Bernanos uncompromising genius was a powerful inspiration to Flannery Oâ€™Connor, and Mouchette was the source of a celebrated movie by Robert Bresson.

Country	USA
Brand	New York Review Books
Manufacturer	NYRB Classics
Binding	Paperback
PartNumber	9781590171516
Color	Silver
Height	7.99211
Length	4.99999
Weight	0.36155810968
Width	0.35433
ReleaseDate	2005-11-21
NumberOfItems	1

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