The Impostor is a searching account of the torment that besets Father C???nabre, historian of mysticism and controversial star of the Parisian clergy, when his faith suddenly deserts him. As the priest struggles to cope secretly, he crosses paths with associates on the complex margins of a Church facing modern politics in the early twentieth century. Georges Bernanos's compelling and dark portraits of that shadowy world's inhabitants throw into stark relief the determination of a humble priest, Father Chevance, who alone ...
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The Impostor is a searching account of the torment that besets Father C???nabre, historian of mysticism and controversial star of the Parisian clergy, when his faith suddenly deserts him. As the priest struggles to cope secretly, he crosses paths with associates on the complex margins of a Church facing modern politics in the early twentieth century. Georges Bernanos's compelling and dark portraits of that shadowy world's inhabitants throw into stark relief the determination of a humble priest, Father Chevance, who alone knows C???nabre's secret and struggles to save him. By turn touching and scathing, The Impostor explores the delicate balance between redemption and damnation and illuminates the fragility of our constructed selves. Georges Bernanos (1888-1948), one of the twentieth century's most powerful and idiosyncratic writers, was also the most original Roman Catholic writer of his time. The Impostor , the second of his novels published in French, is the last to be translated into English.
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Add this copy of The Imposter to cart. $36.00, good condition, Sold by Found Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from AUSTIN, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by University of Nebraska Press.
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Good. Former Library copy with neat stamps to top edge and title page and small stickers to spine, rear cover and ffep. Rear board very slightly warped. Else a Fine, bright, clean and tightly bound book. Good. No dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 208 p. Audience: General/trade.
