Francois Mauriac
French author and Nobel laureate whose fiction explored sin, grace, and redemption in the provincial Bordeaux bourgeoisie. Therese Desqueyroux is his masterpiece, a chilling psychological portrait of a woman trapped by convention.
Works
- Therese DesqueyrouxPsychological novel of a woman poisoning her husband and fleeing judgment
- The Desert of LoveNovel depicting two families' mutual anguish rooted in forbidden passionate love
- The Knot of VipersNovel about an aging man torn between his new love and his vindictive wife
- The Woman of the PhariseesNovel of a pious woman whose hypocrisy and cruelty destroy those around her
- A Kiss for the LeperNovella about a man's redemption through compassion for a diseased leper