- Catholic Church, Clergy, Fiction, Catholics
In this classic Catholic novel, Bernanos movingly recounts the life of a young French country priest who grows to understand his provincial parish while learning spiritual humility himself.
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Earnest, contemplative, grave and prestige.
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Georges Bernanos
- First published
- June 1979
- Pages
- 290
- Publisher
- Fontana, Lulu.com, Actes Sud
- Editions
- 65
- Language
- English, French, Portuguese
- ISBN
- 9780359804023
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First sentence
“MINE IS A PARISH like all the rest.”
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