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Diary of a Country Priest

2001 | Fiction & Poetry | Mind, Body & Spiritual | Religion

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. Awarded the Grand Prix for Literature by the Academie Francaise, The Diary of a Country Priest was adapted into an acclaimed film by Robert Bresson. "A book of the utmost sensitiveness and compassion...it is a work of deep, subtle and singularly encompassing art." , New York Times Book Review (front page)



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Georges Bernanos | 2001 | Fiction & Poetry, Mind, Body & Spiritual, Religion
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"I love it for its portrayal of a good man whose goodness is misunderstood and unrewarded by almost everyone in the small town he gives his life to serve. I think often of its great last line: “What does it matter? Grace is everywhere.”"

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