Georges Bernanos
French Catholic author whose fiction explores grace, damnation, and spiritual struggle with an intensity that sets him apart from other religious novelists. The Diary of a Country Priest is his undisputed masterpiece.
Works
- The Diary of a Country PriestYoung priest's spiritual crisis amid rural poverty and human suffering
- Under the Sun of SatanPriest's spiritual battle with evil and faith amid village desolation
- MouchetteInnocent girl's suffering in indifferent universe and divine mystery
- JoyWidow's spiritual ecstasy and mystical communion with divine grace
- A Crime